Ex Parte BINNIG 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          was not written for publication and is not binding precedent                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. 23              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                              Ex parte GERD K. BINNIG,                                
                           PETER BLOECHL and JUERGEN KLENK                            
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                                Appeal No. 2003-0750                                  
                               Application 09/310,650                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before RUGGIERO, DIXON, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.           
          RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of           
          claims 56-118, which are all of the claims pending in the present           
          application.  Claims 1-55 have been canceled.                               
               The claimed invention relates to the processing of textual             
          information conveyed in an input string together with information           

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