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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JOHN M. BARON
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Appeal No. 2004-1517
Application No. 09/765,172
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ON BRIEF
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Before SMITH, FLEMING, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges.
FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1-17, all the claims pending in the instant application.
Claims 18-20 have been canceled.
Invention
The invention relates to a switch platform for interacting
with a display. See page 1 of Appellant's specification. Figure
5 is a plan view of the underside of another alternate embodiment
of a navigable display according to Appellant's invention. See
page 8 of Appellant's specification. Display 103 is preferably a
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