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today was not written for publication and is not
binding precedent of the Board.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. 20
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
Ex parte THOMAS ARTHUR BETT, TANAKON UNGPIYAKUL,
SHAWN TIMOTHY LEMERY and RUSSELL JOSEPH BRUMM
Appeal No. 2002-1732
Application No. 09/338,238
ON BRIEF
Before KRASS, GROSS and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.
KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1-34 and 41-73.
The invention is directed to a method of controlling cross-
direction alignment in a manufacturing process, best illustrated
by reference to representative independent claim 69, reproduced
as follows:
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