Ex Parte ABERSFELDER 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                     publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 33              
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                Ex parte GUENTER ABERSFELDER, HELMUT GRANTZ, THORSTEINN               
              HALLDORSSON, HORST SCHMIDT-BISCHOFFSHAUSEN, STEFAN UHL, and             
                               HEINRICH ALEXANDER EBERL                               
                                     ____________                                     
                                 Appeal No. 2002-1849                                 
                              Application No. 09/116,710                              
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                                 HEARD: April 16, 2003                                
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          Before JERRY SMITH, LEVY, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent            
          Judges.                                                                     
          LEVY, Administrative Patent Judge.                                          



                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the            
          examiner's final rejection of claims 2-13, which are all of the             
          claims pending in this application.  Claim 1 has been canceled.             
                                     BACKGROUND                                       
               Appellants' invention relates to the use of a holographic              
          video screen as a display surface for information systems.  An              
          understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of             
          exemplary claim 2, which is reproduced as follows:                          






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