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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JONATHAN DAHLSTROM
DONALD E. ELLISON
RICHARD RATKE
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Appeal No. 2001-0376
Application No. 08/780,204
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ON BRIEF
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Before THOMAS, KRASS and JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges.
KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-6 and 8.
The invention is directed to testing switches. In order to test switches to make
sure they do not present an unduly high resistance to an operator, the force required to
move the switch was measured. Whereas the conventional method of testing switches
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