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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 DONALD F. HEMMINGER
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Appeal No. 2004-0820
Application No. 09/317,312
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ON BRIEF
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Before JERRY SMITH, THOMAS, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges.
LEVY, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the
examiner's final rejection of claims 1-18, which are all of the
claims pending in this application.
BACKGROUND
Appellants' invention relates to synchronized web scrolling.
An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading
of exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced as follows:
1. In a conference among multiple computers which are
operated by participants, the improvement comprising the
following steps:
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