Paper No. 23 THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte CHRISTOPHER B. LEYERLE ______________ Appeal No. 1997-1652 Application 07/942,971 _______________ HEARD: February 22, 2000 _______________ Before THOMAS, BARRETT and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges. THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Appellant has appealed to the Board from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 through 22, which constitute all the claims in the application. Representative claim 1 is reproduced below: 1. A method of altering an attribute of a graphic object in a computer system, the attribute having a format and the 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007