Ex parte BORDEN et al. - Page 1




                                  THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                                                               
                        The opinion in support of the decision being entered                                                                 
                        today (1) was not written for publication in a law                                                                   
                        journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the                                                                      
                        Board.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                        Paper No. 15                         
                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                 
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                    
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                                  Ex parte PETER G. BORDEN and JAMES B. STOLZ                                                                
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                                                       Appeal No. 96-3969                                                                    
                                                Application No. 08/271,3111                                                                  
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                                                               ON BRIEF                                                                      
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                Before MARTIN, BARRETT and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent                                                                   
                Judges.                                                                                                                      
                RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                       


                                                       DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    
                        This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of                                                             
                claims 1, 3, 4, and 6-8, which constitute all the claims in                                                                  
                the application.  Claims 2 and 5 have been canceled.                                                                         
                        The claimed invention relates to a method and a                                                                      
                configuration for reducing stray light errors in a particle                                                                  


                        1Application for patent filed July 6, 1994.                                                                          





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