The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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, JÜRGEN SCHÖNWÄLDER, 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