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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 LEROY B. KEELY, SUSANNE ALYSIA CLARK CAZZANTI,
DAN ALTMAN, and CHARLTON E. LUI
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Appeal No. 2006-3038
Application No. 09/750,288
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ON BRIEF
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Before JERRY SMITH, BLANKENSHIP, and HOMERE, Administrative Patent
Judges.
JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the
examiner’s rejection of claims 1-30, which constitute all the claims pending in this
application.
The disclosed invention pertains to a technique for adding electronic ink to
an electronically displayed document. Ink drawings and annotations are
captured and stored with additional information that associates the ink with one
or more displayed elements. Such an association ensures that the ink is
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