Ex Parte Vozick 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              written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18        
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                     
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                        
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                 
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                       Ex parte DAVID VOZICK and JAMES JOHNSON                      
                                     ____________                                   
                                 Appeal No. 2004-1097                               
                              Application No. 09/924,831                            
                                     ____________                                   
                                       ON BRIEF                                     
                                     ____________                                   
         Before KRASS, GROSS, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges.        
         GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        



                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                
              This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                
         rejection of claims 1 through 18, which are all of the claims              
         pending in this application.                                               
              Appellants' invention relates to an apparatus for hands-free          
         command and control of a dental imaging system.  Claim 1 is                
         illustrative of the claimed invention, and it reads as follows:            
              1.   An apparatus for hands-free command and control of a             
         dental imaging system having a display monitor, a microphone and           
         a storage device storing a plurality of dental images                      
         corresponding to a selected dental patient, comprising:                    








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