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and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
Ex parte YOUNG-JUN KIM and SEONG-DONG KIM
Appeal No. 2002-0857
Application No. 09/219,876
HEARD: JANUARY 23, 2003
Before THOMAS, KRASS and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges.
KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1-11.
The invention pertains to screen savers. Whereas the
conventional screen saver will block the display on a computer
system if there is no activity for a predetermined period of
time, one of its advantages being to block usage of the computer
by unauthorized users where a password is required to exit the
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