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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 27
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte RISTO OLAVI ORAVA, JOUNI LLARI PYYHTIA,
TOM GUNNAR SCHULMAN, MILTIADIS EVANGELOS SARAKINOS
and KONSTANTINOS EVANGELOS SPARTIOTIS
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Appeal No. 2003-0312
Application No. 08/871,199
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ON BRIEF
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Before DIXON, 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 61-72, which are all of the
claims pending in this application.
BACKGROUND
Appellants' invention relates to an imaging device.
Specifically, the method includes comparing a detected pixel
value related to a minimum detected charge value expected for
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