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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                                     publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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                                                             
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                                                    Ex parte NGA T. DANG                                                          
                                                     Appeal No. 2006-1627                                                         
                                                  Application No. 09/934,945                                                      
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                                                           ON BRIEF                                                               
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               Before HAIRSTON, BARRY, and MACDONALD, Administrative Patent Judges.                                               
               HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                             


                                                    DECISION ON APPEAL                                                            
                      This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 12 through 35.                                         
                      The disclosed invention relates to a method and system in which an applet                                   
               simultaneously displays first and second windows outside of the constraints of a browser                           
               application window.                                                                                                
                      Claim 12 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it reads as follows:                                 
                      12.  A computer implemented method for displaying multiple windows comprising:                              
                      a browser application on a computer executing an applet;                                                    
                      the applet displaying a first window outside of the browser application’s window                            
               constraints using a class, wherein the class comprises elements that make a window displayed by                    





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