The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written
for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 13
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte VICKI A. BARBUR and ANDREW GREEN
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Appeal No. 1998-3339
Application No. 08/614,459
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ON BRIEF
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Before THOMAS, HAIRSTON, and BARRY, Administrative Patent
Judges.
BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from
the rejection of claims 1-3. We reverse.
BACKGROUND
The invention at issue in this appeal relates to reject
analysis. Reject analysis aims to ensure that a process is
working within or better than the bounds of its historical
capability. Constant monitoring of rejects from a process is
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