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          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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the             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. 13                
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                     __________                                       
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                              Ex parte SANDIP A. AMIN,                                
                                  JAMES LEE LENTZ                                     
                                   and MINH NGUYEN                                    
                                     __________                                       
                                Appeal No. 2005-0097                                  
                             Application No. 09/645,172                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                     ___________                                      
          Before STAAB, MCQUADE, and BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judges.           
          MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               Sandip A. Amin et al. appeal from the final rejection of               
          claims 2 through 6, 9 through 13, 21 through 25, 28 through 32,             
          39 and 40, all of the claims pending in the application.                    
                                   THE INVENTION                                      
               The invention relates to a method and system for adjusting a           
          computer setting by means of a slider bar displayed on a                    
          graphical user interface.  Representative claims 2 and 32 read as           
          follows:                                                                    
               2. A method for allowing adjustment of a setting via a                 
          slider bar displayed on a graphical user interface, the method              
          comprising:                                                                 



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