The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte MICHAEL WAYNE BROWN, MARK JOSEPH HAMZY and SCOTT THOMAS JONES ____________ Appeal No. 2006-1790 Application No. 10/042,030 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before, THOMAS, KRASS, HOMERE, Administrative Patent Judges. KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-5, 11-17, and 22- 25. The invention pertains to enhancing the visibility of documents. When a document is viewed on a viewer such as a Web browser, a clarification tool is provided for modifying the attributes of the document to make the text more visible. User preferences define the manner in which the document attributes are modified. Such user preferences include, for example, background color or text color. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007