Ex Parte Lechner - 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           and is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                                  


                          UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                    
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                              BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                       
                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                              
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                                     Ex parte ROBERT J. LECHNER                                                        
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                                         Appeal No. 2005-2712                                                          
                                       Application No. 10/408,302                                                      
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                                              ON BRIEF                                                                 
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           Before FRANKFORT, BAHR, and NAPPI, Administrative Patent Judges.                                            
           FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                     


                                       DECISION ON APPEAL                                                              
                 This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 32                         
           through 39, all of the claims remaining in the application.  Claims 1 through 31 and 40                     
           through 54 have been canceled.                                                                              


           As indicated on page 1 of the specification, appellant’s invention relates to methods                       
           and apparatus associated with flight simulation and, more particularly, to methods and                      
           apparatus                                                                                                   
           for generating a terrain model for display during a flight simulation.  The claims on                       
           appeal address one aspect of the above-noted subject matter in that they are broadly                        















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