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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 27
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 A. GREENWOOD and
THOMAS W. PASTUSAK
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Appeal No. 2001-2603
Application No. 08/867,857
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ON BRIEF
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Before KRASS, DIXON, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.
KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 9, 10, 14, 15, 17 and 18.
Claims 1-8, 11-13, 16 and 19-23 have been allowed by the examiner.
The invention pertains to machine control. In particular, the invention involves static optical
machine control (SOMaC) which uses an absolute ranging laser tracking system or its equivalent to
measure the position and orientation of the machine end effector when the machine is stationary.
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