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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte RANDALL SMITH
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Appeal No. 2000-0358
Application No. 08/678,409
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ON BRIEF
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Before FLEMING, LALL, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges.
FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1-21, all the claims pending in the instant application.
The invention relates to a computer system and computer-
implemented method for associating access rights with a virtual
input device, such as a mouse cursor. The system (200) includes
a display device (205), a virtual input device (314), and a
mechanism configured to cause a new access right to be acquired
by the virtual input device. See Appellant's specification on
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