Ex parte LEYERLE - Page 1




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               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          (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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                                   
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                           Ex parte CHRISTOPHER B. LEYERLE                            
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                                Appeal No. 1997-1652                                  
                              Application 07/942,971                                  
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                              HEARD: February 22, 2000                                
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          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                 

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