Ex Parte Hara 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                        is not binding precedent of the Board.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 HIROSHI HARA and TOSHIKAZU IDO                       
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                                 Appeal No. 2005-1785                                 
                              Application No. 10/164,853                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before KRASS, BARRETT, and OWENS, Administrative Patent Judges.             
          OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This appeal is from a rejection of claims 1-5 and 7-21.                
                                    THE INVENTION                                     
               The appellants claim a remote commander and a method for               
          activating a user interface of the remote commander.  Claim 1,              
          which claims the method, is illustrative:                                   
               1.  A method for activating a user interface of a remote               
          commander, wherein said method comprises:                                   
                    providing a plurality of user interfaces, each said               
          user interface electrically connected to a connector;                       







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