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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte GUSTAVO PORTILLA
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Appeal No. 2002-1985
Application No. 09/351,208
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ON BRIEF
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Before BARRETT, BARRY and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.
SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the Examiner’s final
rejection of claims 1 and 3-5. Claim 2 has been cancelled.
We reverse.
BACKGROUND
Appellant’s invention relates generally to translation
systems and more specifically, to a system that provides for a
cross-reference for each information element throughout all the
languages. A cross-reference table characterizes each one of
indexed information elements throughout all the languages (brief,
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