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            The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written          
                   for publication and isnot binding precedent of the Board.             


                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                             Ex parte BEHRAM MARIO DACOSTA                            
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                                 Appeal No. 2006-2208                                 
                              Application No. 10/782,265                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before THOMAS, SAADAT, and MACDONALD, Administrative Patent                 
          Judges.                                                                     
          SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a) from             
          the Examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-17, which constitute             
          all of the claims pending in this application.                              
               We reverse and enter a new rejection pursuant to 37 CFR                
          § 41.50(b).                                                                 
                                     BACKGROUND                                       
               Appellant’s invention is directed to a method for obtaining            
          information based on a TV program using the closed captioning               





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