Ex parte LUCAS et al. - Page 1




                    THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                      
          The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1)              
          was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is                 
          not binding precedent of the Board.                                         
                                                            Paper No. 15              
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                              Ex parte BRUCE D. LUCAS,                                
                                 JAMES R. RHYNE II,                                   
                               and CATHERINE G. WOLF                                  
                                    _____________                                     
                                Appeal No. 1997-2896                                  
                               Application 08/340,561                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before HAIRSTON, FLEMING, and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent               
          Judges.                                                                     
          FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of               
          claims 1, 2, 4 through 18.  Claim 3 has been canceled.                      
               The invention relates to pen based computer systems.                   
          Specifically, as identified on page 7 of Appellants’                        
          specification, the invention is a method of tracking the path               

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