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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 32
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 I. SHIPP
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Appeal No. 1999-2039
Application No. 08/531,424
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ON BRIEF
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Before THOMAS, KRASS, 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
an examiner’s rejection of claims 10-17, 18, and 29-36. We
reverse.
BACKGROUND
The appellant’s light source is mounted in the distal end
of an endoscope to illuminate an object within a bodily
cavity. A series of four red, fourteen green, and ten blue
light-emitting-diodes (LEDs) is mounted and arranged on a
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