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               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                         not binding precedent of the Board                           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                                
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                                   Appeal No. 2002-0638                               
                              Application 08/932,239                                  
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                              ON BRIEF                                                
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          Before THOMAS, BARRETT, and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges.            
          THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        
                                                                                     
                                   DECISION ON APPEAL                                 
               Appellant has appealed to the Board from the examiner's                
          final rejection of claims 25 and 31-33.  The examiner has                   
          indicated the allowability of claims 1-24 and 26-30.                        
               Representative claim 25 is reproduced below:                           
          25.  A method of using scroll bars in a three dimensional                   
          virtual world, comprising the steps of:                                     
               a.  referencing a scroll bar selectively to a coordinate               
          system for the virtual world or to a coordinate system for a                
          camera location.                                                            


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