The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was
not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the
Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte AARON L. MILLS
and MICHAEL PATRICK LOPEZ
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Appeal No. 2004-1966
Application No. 09/683,703
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ON BRIEF
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Before FRANKFORT, MCQUADE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent
Judges.
MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
Aaron L. Mills et al. appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1 through 3, 5, 6, 9 through 12, 14 through 18 and 20.
Claims 4, 7, 8, 13 and 19, the only other claims pending in the
application, stand allowed.
THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a steer-by-wire vehicle steering
system “in which there is no direct mechanical linkage between
the hand-operated input (e.g., steering wheel) and the road
wheels” (specification, page 1). Claim 1, which is
representative of the subject matter on appeal, reads as follows:
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