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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte DAIGO TAGUCHI
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Appeal No. 2001-1073
Application No. 08/747,356
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HEARD: August 14, 2002
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Before KRASS, LALL, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.
LALL, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from
the Examiner's final rejection of claims 1-3, 5-8, 10, 14-17 and
20.
According to Appellant (brief at pages 2 and 3), the present
invention provides a visual user interface for describing or
specifying shifts between screens. The visual user interface
includes an edit image including node icons representative of the
screens and data icons associated with and disposed within the node
icons. In Figure 4 of Appellant’s disclosure, the node icons are
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