The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today was not written for publication in a law journal
and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 26
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
Ex parte DALE BUERMANN
Appeal No. 2004-0595
Application No. 09/747,201
ON BRIEF
Before KIMLIN, DELMENDO and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent
Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-22.
Claims 23-28, the other claims remaining in the present
application, stand withdrawn from consideration. Claims 1 and 11
are illustrative:
1. An apparatus for handling, positioning and examining a flat
object delivered in a cassette that holds the flat object in
an X-Y plane, the apparatus comprising:
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