Ex Parte ELLESTAD 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                                publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18                         
                                                                                                                          
                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                   
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                                    BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                     
                                                AND INTERFERENCES                                                          
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                             Ex parte MICHAEL D. ELLESTAD and ROBERT A. HAYES                                              
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                                                 Appeal No. 2001-1205                                                      
                                              Application No. 08/729,362                                                   
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                                                       ON BRIEF                                                            
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              Before KRASS, DIXON and BLANKENSHIP,  Administrative Patent Judges.                                          
              KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                          

                                                DECISION ON APPEAL                                                         

                     This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 18, 20                 
              and 23-26.  The rejection of claims 10, 11, 14, 15, 17, 21, 22, 27 and 28 has been                           
              withdrawn by the examiner and is no longer on appeal.                                                        
                     The invention is directed to providing assistance to a user of a computer                             
              application program.  More particularly, information associated with the application                         




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