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not binding precedent of the Board.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 JEFFREY MORGAN ALDEN
AND DANIEL J. REAUME
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Appeal No. 2006-2379
Application No. 09/740,585
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ON BRIEF
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Before HAIRSTON, RUGGIERO, and MACDONALD, Administrative Patent Judges.
HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 22.
The disclosed invention relates to a method and system for automatically making
corresponding changes to entities in a visual representation and cells in a spreadsheet.
Claim 10 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it reads as follows:
10. A method for corresponding a visual representation and a spreadsheet, said method
comprising the steps of:
identifying cells in the spreadsheet as data cells or calculation cells;
identifying a collection of data entities and calculation entities for the visual
representation;
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