The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 28
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte THOMAS M. GILLIHAN and LARRY ALAN WESTERMAN
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Appeal No. 2003-0549
Application No. 09/149,408
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ON BRIEF
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Before SMITH, FLEMING, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.
BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
A patent examiner rejected claims 1, 5-11, 15, 16, 20, and 21. The appellants
appeal therefrom under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a). We affirm-in-part.
BACKGROUND
The invention at issue on appeal is an interface for formatting documents to be
printed by a computer. (Spec. at 1.) "Electronic documents" are data files created with
a word processing, spreadsheet, database, drawing, or other application program. (Id.
at 2.) A computer can generally reproduce electronic documents as hard copy or
printed output. Computer printers feature a printing quality rivaling that of traditional
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