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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JAMES LEE LENTZ
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Appeal No. 2003-1882
Application No. 09/422,365
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ON BRIEF
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Before KRASS, GROSS, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.
GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 1 through 51, which are all of the claims
pending in this application.
Appellant's invention relates to a method of performing task
navigation. Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention,
and it reads as follows:
1. A method for performing task navigation comprising the
steps of:
(a) receiving a first control signal for initiating a task
to be performed, which task comprises a sequence of a plurality
of task steps;
(b) displaying a first plurality of controls representative
of a first set of the plurality of task steps, wherein the first
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