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          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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the             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. 16              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                  Ex parte DONALD B. DOHERTY, GREGORY S. PETTITT,                     
          VISHAL MARKANDEY and DANIEL J. MORGAN                                       
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                                Appeal No. 2002-1468                                  
                               Application 09/038,219                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before HAIRSTON, FLEMING, and DIXON, Administrative Patent                  
          Judges.                                                                     
          FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of               
          claims 18 through 25, all the claims pending in the instant                 
          application.  Claims 1 through 17 have been canceled.                       
          Invention                                                                   
               The present invention relates to reducing contouring                   
          artifacts that use a spatial light modulator display device.  See           
          page 1 of Appellants’ specification.  Figure 5 illustrates a                
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