The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte SALAH AIT-MOKHTAR, JEAN-PIERRE CHANOD and ERIC GAUSSIER _____________ Appeal No. 2005-0274 Application No. 09/738,319 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before THOMAS, KRASS and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges. KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-8, and 10-20. Claim 9 has been cancelled and forms no part of this appeal. The invention is directed to the generation of normalized representations of strings, e.g., sentences, and for providing translation information for translating a string from a first language to a second language. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007