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was not written for publication and is not binding precedent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 EDWARD S. BEEMAN
and
GORDON R. NUTTALL
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Appeal No. 2006-0567
Application 09/938,256
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ON BRIEF
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Before THOMAS, KRASS, and BARRETT, 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 and 3 through 27.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced below.
1. A method for facilitating image retrieval,
comprising:
1
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