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               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               and is not binding precedent of the Board.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.                                          
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