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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ROLAND E. WILLIAMS
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Appeal No. 2005-1948
Application No. 10/020,572
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ON BRIEF
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Before HAIRSTON, SAADAT, and MacDONALD, Administrative Patent Judges.
HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 9 through 29.
The disclosed invention relates to a method and machine for disambiguating
among two or more symbols associated with a key via the use of a first type of key
actuation and a second type of key actuation.
Claim 9 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it reads as follows:
9. A method for disambiguating among two or more symbols associated with a
key, the method comprising:
detecting a first type of actuation of the key;
in response to the detecting of the first type of actuation, displaying a
representation of the two or more symbols;
detecting a second type of actuation of the key; and
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