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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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the             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. 25              
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                        Ex parte AMANDA ELIZABETH CHESSELL,                           
                         MARTIN MULHOLLAND, and KATHRYN SARAH WARR                    
                                     __________                                       
                                Appeal No. 2002-2322                                  
                               Application 09/094,314                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before JERRY SMITH, RUGGIERO, and BARRY, Administrative Patent              
          Judges.                                                                     
          JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.                                   

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
                                                                                     
          This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134                      
          from the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-21, which constitute              
          all the claims in the application.                                          
          The disclosed invention pertains to the field of                            
          transaction processing.  More particularly, the invention seeks             
          to avoid the creation of a transaction coordinator until such               
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