The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 33
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte KENJI SUZUKI and HITOSHI ONODA
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Appeal No. 2002-2177
Application No. 08/777,424
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ON BRIEF
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Before THOMAS, DIXON, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.
BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
A patent examiner rejected claims 1-25. The appellants appeal therefrom under
35 U.S.C. § 134(a). We affirm-in-part.
BACKGROUND
The invention at issue on appeal is an editing device used to lay out and print
photographs on a sheet of paper. According to the appellants, prior editing devices
used templates to define possible layouts, with photographs being assigned to the
different areas of the template. (Appeal Br. at 2.) Varying sizes of photographs,
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