Ex Parte Ullmann 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               The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
                         UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                 
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                               BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                  
                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                      
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                               Ex parte Cristi Nesbitt Ullmann and Lorin Evan Ullmann                              
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                                               Appeal No. 2006-1287                                                
                                             Application No. 10/047,116                                            
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                                                     ON BRIEF                                                      
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             Before RUGGIERO, BARRY, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges.                                
             BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                   


                    A patent examiner rejected claims 1-28.  The appellants appeal therefrom under                 
             35 U.S.C. § 134(a).  We reverse.                                                                      


                                                I. BACKGROUND                                                      
                    The invention at issue on appeal concerns the recording of World Wide                          
             Web ("Web") browsing sessions for subsequent use, review, and analysis.  (Spec. at 1.)                
             High-end professionals and physically impaired people may have others conduct their                   
             Web browsing and searching.  The value of the searches, however, is limited by the                    
             searcher's understanding of the problem to be searched.  A resulting list of Web                      
             documents or Uniform Resource Locations ("URLs")  selected by the searcher via                        
             hyperlink threads, furthermore, leaves insufficient information as to which hyperlink                 






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