Ex Parte NEFF et al - Page 1




               The opinion in support of the decision being entered                   
               today was not written for publication in a law journal                 
               and is not binding precedent of the Board.                             
                                                               Paper No. 12           


                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                                                                     
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                                                                     
                     Ex parte THEODORE W. NEFF, JEFFREY P. LEE                        
                         and PATRICIA D. LOPEZ                                        
                                                                                     
                                Appeal No. 2002-0279                                  
                             Application No. 09/164,795                               
                                                                                     
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                                                                     

          Before KRASS, JERRY SMITH and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent               
          Judges.                                                                     
          KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of               
          claims 1-23.                                                                
               The invention is directed to a user interface for initiating           
          a final scan using a drag and drop technique whereby image data             
          is transferred from scanner software to a software application.             



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