Ex Parte Hymel - Page 1



                  The opinion in support of the decision being entered today is     
                            not binding precedent of the Board.                     

                  UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                         
                                    ____________                                    
                      BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                            
                                AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                    ____________                                    
                                Ex parte JAMES HYMEL                                
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                                  Appeal 2007-1841                                  
                                Application 10/144,916                              
                                Technology Center 2100                              
                                    ____________                                    
                              Decided: September 11, 2007                           
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            Before JAMES D. THOMAS, LEE E. BARRETT                                  
            and MAHSHID D. SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.                    
            THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                    


                                DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
                 This appeal involves claims 1 through 21.  We have jurisdiction under
            35 U.S.C. §§ 6(b) and 134(a).                                           
                 As best representative of the disclosed and claimed invention,     
            independent claim 1 is reproduced below:                                
                 1.  A method of providing an efficient user interface for a messaging
            device, the method including:                                           




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