Ex Parte KLEIN 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               written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 30             
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                     
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                         
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                       Ex parte MAXIMILIAN KLEIN and PETER LUTZ                      
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                                 Appeal No. 2002-1392                                
                              Application No. 09/390,996                             
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                               HEARD: February 19, 2003                              
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          Before GROSS, LEVY, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.              
          GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        



                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                 
               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                
          rejection of claims 1, 8, 9, 12 through 14, and 21 through 27.             
               Appellants' invention relates to a device for detecting               
          states of movement of a user's body and for generating signals             
          corresponding to the results of the detection.  Claim 1 is                 
          illustrative of the claimed invention, and it reads as follows:            
               1.   A device for detecting certain states of movement of a           
          body of a user and for generating signals corresponding to a               
          result of a detection for subsequent processing in a data                  
          processing system, comprising:                                             
               a bearing device for supporting the body of the user;                 
               said bearing device further comprising a support unit                 
          mounted in a tiltable manner on a base part;                               







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