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and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 12
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JOHN R. ANDREWS
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Appeal No. 1999-1931
Application No. 08/734,319
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ON BRIEF
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Before KRASS, GROSS, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges.
KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-8, all of the pending
claims.
The invention is directed to improved exposure profiles for laser sources having
finite response times. More particularly, in electrophotographic marking machines,
problems caused by edge misplacements caused by delays in a laser diode’s turn-on and
turn-off times are solved by determining whether a pixel being imaged forms a leading or a
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