The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte JEFF D. WASHINGTON and PAUL F. AUSTIN _____________ Appeal No. 1999-2641 Application No. 08/644,119 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before THOMAS, KRASS, and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges. KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 18-61, all of the pending claims. The invention pertains to the editing of a control in a computer system. In particular, the instant invention permits a user to see changes applied to a control by selecting the control for an editing transaction and displaying a preview window automatically in response to the user selecting the control for the editing transaction. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007