The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 20 _______________ UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte SACHIN GARG, YENNUN HUANG, J�RGEN SCH�NW�LDER, ADRIANUS PETRUS ANTONIUS VAN MOORSEL, and SHALINI YAJNIK Appeal No. 2002-1797 Application 09/129,3381 ON BRIEF Before THOMAS, BARRETT, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges. BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. � 134(a) from the final rejection of claims 1-25. We reverse. 1 Application for patent filed August 5, 1998, entitled "Methods and Apparatus for Managing Middleware Service in a Distributed System." - 1 -Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007