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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JAKOB NIELSEN, BRUCE TOGNAZZINI and BOB GLASS
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Appeal No. 2001-0338
Application No. 08/932,953
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ON BRIEF
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Before HAIRSTON, FLEMING, and GROSS, Administrative Patent
Judges.
FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of
claims 5-13, 17-19 and 21-23.
Claims 1-4, 16, 20 and 24 have been canceled.
Claims 14 and 15 stand objected to by the Examiner as
dependent upon rejected claims with an indication that these
claims would be allowable if they were rewritten in independent
form.
The invention relates to controlling power consumption in
the use of computer displays. See page 1 of Appellants'
specification. In the context of a computer display, the prior
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