THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION
The opinion in support of the decision entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is
not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 16
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte RONALD S. COK and JOHN R. FREDLUND
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Appeal No. 1998-2680
Application 08/681,653
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ON BRIEF
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Before THOMAS, SMITH, JERRY and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges.
SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s
rejection of claims 1-15, which constitute all the claims in the application.
The disclosed invention pertains to a method for combining at least one captured
generated digital image with at least one prestored digital image. More particularly, a
customer generated digital image is analyzed to obtain a design attribute and/or style. A
prestored digital image is then automatically selected which has a design attribute and/or
style that most closely matches the customer generated image.
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