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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                                    for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.                                  
                                                                                                                               
                                  UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                     
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                                        BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                      
                                                    AND INTERFERENCES                                                           
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                                               Ex parte SANAA F. ABDELHADI                                                      
                                                    AND HYPATIA ROJAS                                                           
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                                                     Appeal No. 2006-1658                                                       
                                                   Application No. 09/801,617                                                   
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                                                           ON BRIEF                                                             
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                  Before HAIRSTON, BLANKENSHIP and HOMERE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                        
                  HOMERE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                          

                                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                                            
                  This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of                                
                  claims 1 through 20, all of which are pending in this application.                                            
                  We affirm.                                                                                                    
                                                          Invention                                                             
                  Appellants’ invention relates generally to a method and system for allowing users                             
                  to preview portions of hypertext documents retrieved from the worldwide web (50).                             
                  Particularly, authorized users access the worldwide web (50) through a plurality of data                      
                  processors (57) to search and retrieve desired hypertext documents (57).  Each retrieved                      
                  hypertext document includes at least one display page containing text, images and a                           






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