Ex parte LE MOUEL 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               written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding        
               precedent of the Board.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. 29         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                      Ex parte BERNARD LE MOUEL, FRANCOIS-XAVIER                      
                             OLLIVIER, and JEAN-LUC PAMART                            
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                                 Appeal No. 1997-1982                                 
                              Application No. 08/483,886                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before THOMAS, FLEMING, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges.            
          GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         



                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                 
          rejection of claims 1, 2, and 4 through 7, which are all of                 
          the claims pending in this application.                                     
               Appellants' invention relates to a device for optimizing               
          signal transmission performance in a system for transmitting                
          digital data on an optical link.  The device controls a                     






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