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          Appeal No. 2003-0138                                                        
          Application 09/427,426                                                      


          proportional to a first investment parameter, and the color of              
          the dynamic color indicator changes according to a value range of           
          a second investment parameter.                                              
               Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it               
          reads as follows:                                                           
               1.  A method for graphically representing investment                   
          information relating to a financial investment, the method                  
          comprising:                                                                 
               providing an investment cell in an investment table                    
          identified with the financial investment;                                   
               selectively linking a first cell bar with a first investment           
          parameter, wherein the relative size of said first cell bar is              
          proportional to said first investment parameter;                            
               selectively linking a dynamic indicator color with a second            
          investment parameter, wherein the color of said dynamic indicator           
          color changes according to a value range of said second invest-             
          ment parameter;                                                             
               displaying said first cell bar within said investment cell;            
          and                                                                         
               displaying said dynamic indicator color within said invest-            
          ment cell.                                                                  
               The references relied on by the examiner are:                          
          Lyons et al. (Lyons)             4,989,141       Jan. 29, 1991              
          Marshall                      5,675,746     Oct.  7, 1997                   
          Williams et al. (Williams)       5,999,918       Dec.  7, 1999              
                                                  (filed Apr.  2, 1997)               


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