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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                                for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 KENDRA L. DUNLAP and MARK M. JOSEPHSEN                                       
                                             Appeal No. 2006-3067                                               
                                          Application No. 09/952,953                                            
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                                                  ON BRIEF                                                      
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             Before KRASS, JERRY SMITH and BARRY, 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 21-36, which constitute all the claims pending in this application.            
             The disclosed invention pertains to a method and apparatus for displaying on a                     
             multi-function printing device overlapping first and second menus.  The first menu could           
             include send and copy options.  The second menu could include email, fax and/or save               
             options if the send option is selected from the first menu or number of copies, scale              
             and/or contrast options if the copy option is selected from the first menu.                        








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