The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 48 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte WESLEY STOUT III __________ Appeal No. 2003-1046 Application 09/100,934 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before FLEMING, DIXON, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges. FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 5 and 6, all the claims pending in the instant application. Claims 1 through 4 have been canceled. Invention The invention relates to a method for operating a computer system to accurately perform date operations spanning centuries. See page 1 of Appellant’s specification. Figure 6 shows a second 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007