Ex Parte NOBLE 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               written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 26           
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                    ____________                                      
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                    ____________                                      
                    Ex parte TABER B. NOBLE, PATRICK J. DONOGHUE                      
                              and CHRISTOPHER J. HOUGH                                
                                    ____________                                      
                                Appeal No. 2001-2688                                  
                             Application No. 08/735,619                               
                                    ____________                                      
                              HEARD: December 10, 2002                                
                                    ____________                                      
          Before FLEMING, DIXON, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent               
          Judges.                                                                     
          FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   

               This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of               
          claims 1 through 63, all the claims pending in the present                  
          application.                                                                
               The invention relates to a system and method for providing a           
          graphical interface for a computer database.  In particular, the            
          invention relates to a system and method for interactively                  
          accessing a database including a media selection database storing           
          movies, videos and graphical offerings.  See page 1 of the                  
          Appellants' specification.                                                  





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