The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not
written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 35
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte KENNETH B. LAZARUS, MARK E. LUNDSTROM,
JEFFREY W. MOORE, and EDWARD F. CRAWLEY
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Appeal No. 1997-1003
Application No. 08/188,145
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ON BRIEF1
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Before KRASS, RUGGIERO, 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 through 5, 7 through 18, 32 through 34,
and 36 through 38, which are all of the claims pending in this
application.
Appellants' invention relates to an actuator device in
which a thin plate of piezoelectric material is sandwiched
1We note that the hearing scheduled for this case was waived on
September 12, 2001 as per Administrator Craig Feinberg.
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