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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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. 20
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte DENNIS L. VENABLE
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Appeal No. 2002-1458
Application 08/785,109
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ON BRIEF
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Before FLEMING, BARRY, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.
FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1 through 17, all the claims pending in the instant
application.
Invention
The invention relates to an automatic characterization and
editing of a plurality of image objects placed on the platen of
an image input device. See page 1 of Appellant’s specification.
Referring to figures 1 and 2, system 20 includes a computer 22
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