The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 11 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte STUART R. BALL __________ Appeal No. 1998-0752 Application 08/389,096 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before KRASS, FLEMING, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges. FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-4 and 8-12. Claims 1-4 and 8-17 are pending in the application; claims 13-17 have been allowed. The invention relates to methods for recognition of printed characters, particularly magnetically scanable characters on bank documents. In one embodiment of the 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007