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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ALICIA ANNE CHASTAIN, CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH PAUL
and DAVID MARK WENDT
Appeal No. 2006-1829
Application No. 09/921,020
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ON BRIEF
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Before HAIRSTON, RUGGIERO, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.
HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 7, 9 through 16 and 18
through 21.
The disclosed invention relates to a data processing method and system for researching
highlighted text in an electronic book.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it reads as follows:
1. A method in a data processing system for researching text in an electronic book, the
method comprising:
receiving a user input selecting the text from the electronic book, wherein the user input
tags a beginning point and an ending point of any portion of text in the electronic book to form
selected text and wherein the selected text is identified by a user after the electronic book is
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