Ex Parte PATRICK et al - Page 1



          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          was not written for publication and is not binding precedent                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. 14              
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                           Ex parte STUART RAYMOND PATRICK                            
                                         and                                          
                                   AMIT CHATTERJEE                                    
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                                Appeal No. 2000-2211                                  
                               Application 09/031,316                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before HAIRSTON, GROSS, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.           
          HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 21                
          through 25.                                                                 
               The disclosed invention relates to a method for invoking a             
          function to create a device-independent bitmap (DIB).                       
               Claims 21 and 24 are illustrative of the claimed invention,            
          and they read as follows:                                                   

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