Ex parte HUBER et al. - Page 1




             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                    for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20         
                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                         
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                        BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                            
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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               Ex parte WERNER HUBER, HARALD BUCHER, WOLFGANG GEISSLER,               
                BERND KISTLER, GUENTHER UHLIG, and HANS-PETER GROSSMANN               
                                     ____________                                     
                                 Appeal No. 2000-1502                                 
                              Application No. 08/643,597                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before THOMAS, BARRY and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent                 
          Judges.                                                                     
          BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         


                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               The examiner rejected claims 1-8.  The appellants appeal               
          therefrom under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a).  We reverse.                            


                                     BACKGROUND                                       
               The invention at issue in this appeal relates to                       
          detecting defects in an image produced by a sheet-fed printing              
          press.  Heretofore, images produced by sheet-fed printing                   








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