Ex Parte ANDERSON 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            written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 27              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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          Ex parte ERIC C. ANDERSON, JOHN F. PAVLEY, and BRUCE W. SOUTHWICK           
                                    _____________                                     
                                Appeal No. 2003-0288                                  
                             Application No. 09/107,920                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before HAIRSTON, JERRY SMITH, and FLEMING, Administrative Patent            
          Judges.                                                                     
          HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal of claims 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13,                 
          15 and 17 through 28.                                                       
               The disclosed invention relates to a method and system for             
          applying a template to an image on a printer based upon a                   
          plurality of tags in a template file.  The plurality of tags                
          provides instructions for the application of a plurality of plane           
          files to the image.                                                         





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