Ex Parte MORGAN et al - Page 1



               The opinion in support of the decision being entered                   
                    today was not written for publication and is                      
                         not binding precedent of the Board                           
                                                       Paper No. 14                   
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                           BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                         
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                                Ex parte SCOTT A. MORGAN                              
                                and CRAIG A. SWEARINGEN                               
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                                   Appeal No. 2000-1913                               
                              Application 08/753,081                                  
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                              ON BRIEF                                                
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          Before THOMAS, BARRETT and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges.              
          THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        
                                                                                     

                                   DECISION ON APPEAL                                 
               Appellants have appealed to the Board from the examiner's              
          final rejection of claims 1-19.                                             
               Representative claim 1 is reproduced below:                            
               1.  A method of creating an interactive non-rectangular                
          object for display on a data processing system having a program             
          application running thereon, comprising the steps of:                       

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