Ex Parte BATES 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                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
                                     ____________                                     
                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
                                     ____________                                     
                                Ex parte CARY LEE BATES                               
                                          and                                         
                                    PAUL REUBEN DAY                                   
                                     ____________                                     
                                 Appeal No. 2003-1328                                 
                              Application No. 09/007,493                              
                                     ____________                                     
                                       ON BRIEF                                       
                                     ____________                                     
          Before FLEMING, SAADAT and MACDONALD, Administrative Patent Judges.         
          SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        

                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on appeal from the Examiner’s final                 
          rejection of claims 1-37, which are all of the claims pending in            
          this application.                                                           
               We reverse.                                                            
                                     BACKGROUND                                       
               Appellants’ invention is directed to a method for displaying           
          the hypertext links on a computer display.  According to                    
          Appellants, the existing applications typically create static               





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