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(2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JOHN S. HIGHAM and RHYS K. ADSIT
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Appeal No. 1999-1773
Application 08/497,858
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ON BRIEF
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Before SMITH, JERRY, RUGGIERO and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.
SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s
rejection of claims 2-4, 6 and 8-10, which constitute all the claims remaining in the
application.
The disclosed invention pertains to a method and apparatus for reducing short-term
transients, such as due to roll momentum unloads, in a spacecraft having a nutation
compensator operating under a polynomial transfer function.
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