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               The opinion in support of the decision being entered                   
               today was not written for publication in a law journal                 
               and is not binding precedent of the Board.                             
                                                               Paper No. 23           

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                                                                     
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                                                                     
                                 Ex parte SIMON RAAB                                  
                                                                                     
                                Appeal No. 1999-0594                                  
                             Application No. 08/434,010                               
                                                                                     
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                                                                     
          Before URYNOWICZ, FLEMING and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent               
          Judges.                                                                     
          URYNOWICZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                     

          Decision on Appeal                                                          
          This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 1-9.                      
          The invention pertains to a method for generating an error                  
          map.  Claim 1, the sole independent claim, is illustrative and              
          reads as follows:                                                           
          1.  A method for generating an error map for multi-axis                     
          devices in order to improve the repeatability and/or precision of           
          multi-axis devices comprising the steps of:                                 

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