Ex Parte TARRY et al - Page 1



            The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written
                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.         

                   UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                          
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                       BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                             
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                                 Ex parte ROBIN TARRY                                 
                                   and H. LEE BROWNE                                  
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                                 Appeal No. 2005-1045                                 
                              Application No. 09/225,574                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before OWENS, RUGGIERO, and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges.            
          OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This appeal is from a rejection of claims 38-54, which are             
          all of the pending claims.                                                  
                                    THE INVENTION                                     
               The appellants claim a system and method for providing                 
          real-time instructional feedback to a user engaged in an activity           
          such as golf.  Claims 38 and 39 are illustrative:                           
               38. As system for providing real-time instructional feedback           
          of a user engaged in an activity comprising:                                
               a video camera forming a real-time video signal of the user            
          engaged in the activity;                                                    
               a processor generating an instructional signal;                        
               a video controller for receiving the instructional signal              
          and the real-time video signal and combining the received signals           
          to form a composite video signal with an instructional image                




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