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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          was not written for publication and is not binding precedent                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. 14              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                           Ex parte PHILIPPE E. BERCKMANS                             
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                                Appeal No. 2003-0138                                  
                               Application 09/427,426                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before HAIRSTON, BARRETT and FLEMING, Administrative Patent                 
          Judges.                                                                     
          HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 3, 5           
          through 16 and 18 through 28.                                               
               The disclosed invention relates to a system and method for             
          graphically representing investment information relating to a               
          financial investment via the display of a cell bar and a dynamic            
          indicator color.  The relative size of the cell bar is                      
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