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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               today was not written for publication and is not                       
               binding precedent of the Board.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. 21           

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                                                                     
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                                                                     
                   Ex parte JERILYN L. MARLER and MARY J. LALOMIA                     
                                                                                     
                                Appeal No. 2004-1063                                  
                             Application No. 09/273,385                               
                                                                                     
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                                                                     
          Before KRASS, JERRY SMITH and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent            
          Judges.                                                                     
          KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of               
          claims 1-20.                                                                
               The invention is directed to the control of processor-based            
          systems.  In particular, a plurality of selectable options is               
          displayed and the selectable options are automatically and                  
          consecutively indicated in a timed sequence.  When one of the               

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