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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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. 22
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte WOLFGANG M. STROBEL
and ROBERT J. LOCKHART
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Appeal No. 2002-1050
Application 09/425,505
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ON BRIEF
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Before COHEN, STAAB, and MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges.
MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
Wolfgang M. Strobel et al. appeal from the final rejection
of claims 1 through 5, all of the claims pending in the
application.
THE INVENTION
The invention relates to “a method of providing offset
compensation to a cutting blade to counter deviation and offset
of the cutting path resulting from deflection forces exerted on
the blade tip” (specification, page 1). Representative claim 1
reads as follows:
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