The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 34 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte EDWARD J. PITTARELLI _____________ Appeal No. 2003-0813 Application No. 08/771,885 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before KRASS, JERRY SMITH and FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judges. KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 21-26, 28 and 29. The invention is directed to a system for providing public information and services utilizing stand-alone computers, in public kiosks, and central servers to permit users to interact with remote information and service providers. Information that is available at the local kiosk, in local memory, is provided to a user without accessing the 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007