Ex parte TOTH et al. - Page 1




          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          publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20              


                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                              Ex parte THOMAS L. TOTH                                 
                                        and                                           
                                    ARMIN H. PFOH                                     
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                                Appeal No. 1999-0831                                  
                             Application No. 08/576,066                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before HAIRSTON, RUGGIERO, and DIXON, Administrative Patent                 
          Judges.                                                                     
          HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1                 
          through 16.  In an Amendment After Final (paper number 6),                  
          claims 1 and 9 were amended.                                                
               The disclosed invention relates to a system and method                 
          for determining and adjusting x-ray beam position in a multi-               
          slice computed tomography system.  A detector used in the                   






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