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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ROGER KENNETH ABRAMS
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Appeal No. 2006-1093
Application No. 09/842,471
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ON BRIEF
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Before THOMAS, JERRY SMITH, and HOMERE, 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 1-55, which constitute all the claims pending in this
application.
The invention pertains to improving the use of pointing devices (e.g., a
mouse) and selection of icons on graphical user interfaces by physically impaired
users. Specifically, the invention includes a method and system that acquires
data corresponding to the motion of a pointing cursor of a pointing device used to
move the cursor from a first source position to a first destination position on a
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