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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte GARY R. ALLEN, ROCCO T. GIORDANO, GARY O. JACOBS,
KENNETH S. KING and TIMOTHY P. DEVER
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Appeal No. 1999-1925
Application No. 08/649,887
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ON BRIEF
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Before LALL, GROSS, and LEVY, 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 9, 11 through 18, and 20, which
are all of the claims pending in this application.
Appellants' invention relates to an arc discharge lamp
with various dimensions balanced for long life and a
brightness level exceeding 40,000 lumens/cm of arc gap unit2
area. Specifically, the lamp includes an elongated arc tube
with an arc gap less than 4 mm, a convection stability value
less than 750 mg /cm , a2 3
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