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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte RAINER PFLUG, WOLFGANG MIEREISZ,
and THOMAS MOTZ
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Appeal No. 2004-1171
Application No. 09/754,618
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HEARD: NOVEMBER 17, 2004
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Before COHEN, STAAB, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.
COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1
through 11. These claims constitute all of the claims in the
application.
Appellants’ invention pertains to a thrust ball bearing and
to a scroll compressor. A basic understanding of the invention
can be derived from a reading of exemplary claims 1 and 7,
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