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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 THOMAS R. HAYNES
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Appeal No. 2005-1268
Application No. 10/044,728
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ON BRIEF
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Before KRASS, JERRY SMITH and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.
KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 3, 5-11, and
13-18.
The invention is directed to changing the appearance of a pointer (e.g., a cursor
on a monitor screen) based on the rate of movement of a pointing device (e.g., a
mouse). The appearance of the pointer is automatically changed based on user
defined thresholds and the rate of movement of the pointing device, permitting a quicker
observation of the pointer as it moves across the screen.
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
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