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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                           for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.                             
                                                 ____________                                                     
                         UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                
                                                 ____________                                                     
                              BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                  
                                           AND INTERFERENCES                                                      
                                                 ____________                                                     
                                         Ex parte JOCHEN KAPPEL,                                                  
                                             JOSEF MARKGRAF,                                                      
                                         and MICHAEL MEADOWS                                                      
                                                 ____________                                                     
                                               Appeal 2007-0226                                                   
                                            Application 09/823,8661                                               
                                            Technology Center 2100                                                
                                                 ____________                                                     
                                            Decided: June 27, 2007                                                
                                                 ____________                                                     
                Before JAMES D. THOMAS, LEE E. BARRETT, and JAY P. LUCAS,                                         
                Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                     
                BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                             
                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                     
                       This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a) from the final                       
                rejection of claims 1-22.  We have jurisdiction pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 6(b).                     
                       We affirm-in-part.                                                                         

                                                                                                                 
                       1  Application for patent filed March 31, 2001, entitled "Object to                        
                Object Communication System and Method," now U.S. Pub.                                            
                2002/0052979 A1, published May 2, 2002.                                                           



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