The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 BERT BEOHLER,
JEAN-MARIE CLEMENT, PETRA TAMARA GIESEN
AND MARC ROSE
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Appeal No. 2006-2736
Application No. 10/038,167
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HEARD: Oct. 18, 2006
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Before HAIRSTON, BARRY, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges.
BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.
A patent examiner rejected claims 1-9. The appellants appeal therefrom under
35 U.S.C. § 134(a). We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
The invention at issue on appeal displays medical images. Computed
tomography ("CT") and magnetic resonance tomography ("MR") are used to generate
and visualize three-dimensional ("3D") medical data. The "clip plane" in such a
3D visualization can be rotated or displaced; an object being visualized can be rotated
or zoomed inside a volume such as a human body. (Spec. at 1.)
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