Ex Parte Turpin et al - Page 1



                    THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                      
          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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the             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 JOHN F. TURPIN, AMY POWELL and                        
                                 STEPHEN D. FOLLETT                                   
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                                Appeal No. 2006-0002                                  
                               Application 09/935,531                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before RUGGIERO, BLANKENSHIP and NAPPI, Administrative Patent               
          Judges.                                                                     
          RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of           
          claims 1-3.  Claims 4-9 have been allowed by the Examiner.                  
               The claimed invention relates to an activity display for               
          multiple data channels of a communication link in which a                   
          quasi-three-dimensional graphics display is provided.  The                  
          display includes time periods as a first axis and data channels             
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