The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte JESSE HULL, PHILIP A. CHOU, GARY E. KOPEC and DENNIS S. ARNON ____________ Appeal No. 2001-0872 Application No. 08/880,137 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before HAIRSTON, BARRETT, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges. HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 25. In an Amendment After Final (paper number 13), claims 1, 13 and 19 were amended. The disclosed invention relates to a method and apparatus for operating a processor- controlled machine to determine an unknown value of a text image layout parameter that is used with a two-dimensional (2D) image model. Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it reads as follows:Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007