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publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 BRIAN L. HEFFNER and WAYNE V. SORIN
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Appeal No. 1998-2473
Application No. 08/556,890
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ON BRIEF
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Before HAIRSTON, KRASS and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges.
KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 3 and 6. Claims 2,
4, 5, 7 and 8 have been indicated by the examiner as being allowable and are not before
us on appeal.
The invention is directed to an apparatus for providing an alignment mechanism for
coupling light between an optical fiber and the surface of a physical specimen. An optical
signal is applied to the surface and the reflected light is collected and coupled to an optical
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