Ex parte BULLISTER - Page 1




                    THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                      
           The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for
                     publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.           
                                                                 Paper No. 26         
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                            Ex parte EDWARD T. BULLISTER                              
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                                Appeal No. 1998-2571                                  
                             Application No. 08/515,383                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before BARRETT, LALL and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges.               
          LALL, Administrative Patent Judge.                                          


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134                 
          from the final rejection of all the pending claims 26 to 37.                
               The invention is related to a portable computer in which               
          the display folds down to be stored between two halves of a                 
          split keyboard.  In the collapsed storage position, the inward              
          facing keys protect the fragile glass display.  The need for                
          heavy plastic armor normally used to protect the display of a               








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