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was not written for publication and is not binding
precedent of the Board.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.
27
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
____________
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
_____________
Ex parte JOHN R. WOTTON, GARRY WALDMAN,
and DAVID L. HOLDER
_____________
Appeal No.1999-0360
Application No.08/810,591
_____________
ON BRIEF
_____________
Before URYNOWICZ, JERRY SMITH, and BARRY, Administrative
Patent Judges.
URYNOWICZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
Decision on Appeal
This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 2-
10, 12, 14-21, 23-29 and 33-39. In his answer, the
examiner withdrew the rejection of claims 2-10, 12, 14-
21, 23-29 and 33-39 as unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. §
112, second paragraph, and acknowledged that claim 36 is
allowable.
The invention pertains to a method of producing the
desired optical characteristics of an optical system.
Claim 33 is illustrative and reads as follows:
Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007