Ex Parte Clapper - Page 5



          Appeal No. 2004-0172                                                        
          Application No. 09/528,628                                                  

          shows such an automatic display of a thumbnail depiction of a               
          selected starting frame of a sequence and of a series of frames             
          following the starting frame sufficient to fill an indicated time           
          interval.                                                                   
               Accordingly, we will not sustain the rejection of claims 31,           
          35-37 and 41-43 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b).  We also will not                 
          sustain the rejection of claims 32-34, 38-40 and 44 under 35                
          U.S.C. § 103 since Desai does not provide for the deficiencies of           
          Shore.                                                                      
               The examiner’s decision is reversed.                                   
                                      REVERSED                                        


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