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                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                         for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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                                                       
                                                   ____________                                                       
               Ex parte DAVID W. FULLER, SUNDEEP CHANDHOKE, CHRISTOPHER CIFRA, and                                    
                                                NICOLAS VAZQUEZ                                                       
                                                   ____________                                                       
                                               Appeal No. 2006-1475                                                   
                                             Application No. 10/021,728                                               
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                                                     ON BRIEF                                                         
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             Before HAIRSTON, JERRY SMITH, BARRY, 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 1-4, 7-21, 24-32 and 34-55, which constitute all the claims pending in               
             this application.                                                                                        
             The disclosed invention pertains generally to a graphical programming                                    
             development environment operable to aid a user in creating a graphical program by                        
             determining and indicating suggested nodes and/or user interface elements to include in                  
             the graphical program.                                                                                   

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