THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION
The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for
publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 15
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte DAVID CONCANNON,
JOHN VALA
and GERALD BANKS
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Appeal No. 1997-1560
Application 08/257,813
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ON BRIEF
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Before HAIRSTON, JERRY SMITH and BARRY, Administrative Patent
Judges.
HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 18
through 24.
The disclosed invention relates to a method of
illuminating documents in a document-processing system.
Claim 18 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it
reads as follows:
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