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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 29
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte YIMING ZHOU, MARK JOHN MCGRATH
and VINCENT CARL HARRADINE
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Appeal No. 2002-1960
Application No. 08/821,3211
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HEARD: APRIL 15, 2003
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Before KRASS, RUGGIERO, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.
SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the Examiner’s final
rejection of claims 1-10, which are all of the claims pending in
this application.
We reverse.
BACKGROUND
Appellants’ invention relates to an editing system for
associating text with a video sequence by taking into
1 Application for patent filed March 20, 1997, which claims the foreign
filing priority benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of British Application No.
9606443.1, filed March 27, 1996.
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