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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte WOLFGANG GRIECH
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Appeal No. 2004-0129
Application No. 09/230,720
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HEARD: April 13, 2004
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Before GROSS, BARRY, 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 26 through 52, which are all of the claims
pending in this application.
Appellant's invention relates to a control system of a
machine for making a fibrous web. The system includes a
plurality of actuators which are intelligent participants in a
decentralized communications hardware structure in which the
actuators are coupled to one another via a closed pipeline ring
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