The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 35 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte PAUL CLARKE, PETER JOHNSON, WILLIAM KINGSTON, ROBIN MILES DREW, GEORGE BLACK, and ROGER MELI Appeal No. 2002-1812 Application 08/861,1811 ON BRIEF Before KRASS, BARRETT, and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges. BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 1, 2, 4, 5, and 8-10. Claim 7 has been canceled. Claims 3 and 6 are objected to. 1 Application for patent filed may 21, 1997, entitled "Method of Transferring Messages Between Computer Programs Across a Network," which is a continuation of Application 08/448,423, filed June 5, 1995, now abandoned. - 1 -Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007