Ex Parte SIROLA 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                                publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23                        
                                                                                                                         
                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                  
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                                   BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                     
                                                AND INTERFERENCES                                                         
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                                     Ex parte JUKKA SIROLA and  ONNI BERRY                                                
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                                                Appeal No. 2002-1139                                                      
                                              Application No. 09/236,960                                                  
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                                                       ON BRIEF                                                           
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              Before KRASS, FLEMING and BLANKENSHIP,  Administrative Patent Judges.                                       
              KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                         

                                                DECISION ON APPEAL                                                        

                     This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-14, all of the                     
              pending claims.                                                                                             
                     The invention pertains to a portable electronic device with a hinged body portion.                   
              A display, visible in both open and closed positions of the hinged body portion, displays                   
              information in two different, perpendicular orientations, the orientation being dependent                   




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