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was not written for publication and is not binding precedent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 FREDERIC BAUCHOT,
DANIEL MAUDUIT and ALBERT HARARI
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Appeal No. 2006-0533
Application 09/838,420
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ON BRIEF
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Before THOMAS, SAADAT, and MACDONALD, Administrative Patent
Judges.
THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
Appellants have appealed to the Board from the
examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through 11.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced below.
1. A method, implemented on a computer system, for
processing user defined Boolean variables in a multi dimensional
spreadsheet (200) comprising a plurality of cells identified by a
cell address along each dimension, said method comprising the
steps of:
defining one or a plurality of Boolean variables in a
table (400), whereby said Boolean variables are managed;
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