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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 BENOIT SIROT
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Appeal No. 2006-0688
Application No. 09/838,425
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ON BRIEF
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Before JERRY SMITH, RUGGIERO, and MACDONALD, Administrative Patent Judges.
JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s
rejection of claims 1-7, which constitute all the claims pending in this application.
The disclosed invention pertains to a mechanism in an electronic spreadsheet for
comparing two series of cells using Boolean attributes which are assigned to each of
the cells.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A method of comparing two series of cells in a
multidimensional spreadsheet comprising a plurality of cells
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