Ex Parte HULL 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                                           for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17               

                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                         
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                          
                                                       AND INTERFERENCES                                                              
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                                             Ex parte JESSE HULL, PHILIP A. CHOU,                                                     
                                                          GARY E. KOPEC                                                               
                                                       and DENNIS S. ARNON                                                            
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                                                        Appeal No. 2001-0872                                                          
                                                     Application No. 08/880,137                                                       
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                                                              ON BRIEF                                                                
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               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:                                     





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