  A search is reported for the standard model Higgs boson in the decay mode H
to ZZ to tau plus lepton pairs, where the leptons are either electrons or
muons, in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s)=7 TeV, corresponding to an
integrated luminosity of 4.7 inverse femtobarn collected with the CMS detector
at the LHC. No evidence is found for a significant deviation from the
background expectation. An upper limit four to twelve times larger than the
predicted value is set at 95% confidence level for the product of the standard
model Higgs boson production cross section and decay branching fraction in the
mass range 190 < m(H) < 600 GeV.
