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               The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 12             
                         UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                  
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                               BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                   
                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                       
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                                         Ex parte STEVEN WILLIAM ROTH                                               
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                                                Appeal No. 2003-1614                                                
                                             Application No. 09/817,692                                             
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                                                     ON BRIEF                                                       
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             Before THOMAS, RUGGIERO, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.                                      
             BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                    


                                               DECISION ON APPEAL                                                   
                    A patent examiner rejected claims 1-7, 10-13, 15, and 18-22.  The appellant                     
             appeals therefrom under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a).  We reverse.                                               


                                                 BACKGROUND                                                         
                    The invention at issue on appeal arranges items displayed in a menu of a                        
             graphical user interface ("GUI") for a computer.  A user employing a GUI can interact                  
             with a computer by pointing to menus of items.  Menus may be "fixed content" or                        
             "variable content."   While the items of a fixed content menu remain the same over time,               
             the items of a variable content menu change over time.  (Spec. at 2.)                                  






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