The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte JOHN ELLENBY, THOMAS ELLENBY and PETER ELLENBY ____________ Appeal No. 1999-2075 Application No. 08/482,944 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before THOMAS, RUGGIERO, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-4, which are all of the claims pending in the present application. An amendment filed October 22, 1997 after final rejection was approved for entry by the Examiner. The disclosed invention relates to a vision system computer modeling apparatus in which an electronic imaging system is combined with a computer aided design system and is in communication with position, attitude, and range measuring devices.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007