Ex parte BOSTROM 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                    for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                    Ex parte ROLAND BOSTROM, RAGNVALD OLINGSBERG,                     
                           BEZAN NACHEBIA, and DIMITRI TAITS                          
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                                 Appeal No. 2000-0338                                 
                              Application No. 08/624,615                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before FLEMING, BARRY, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent               
          Judges.                                                                     
          BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         



                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               The examiner rejected claims 9-16.  The appellants appeal              
          therefrom under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a).  We reverse.                            


                                     BACKGROUND                                       
               The claimed invention detects the formation of ice on the              
          surface of an object such as a road.  A conventional ice                    
          detector measures the temperature of the surface of a road.                 






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