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today was not written for publication and is not
binding precedent of the Board.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
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
Ex parte DAVID D. BOHN
Appeal No. 2004-2142
Application No. 09/220,736
ON BRIEF
Before HAIRSTON, KRASS and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.
KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1-17.
The invention pertains to hand-held optical scanners. In
particular, the invention seeks to remedy the problem of non-
uniformly illuminating features on the object being scanned by
the use of an occluding element positioned between the lens and
the illuminated area on the object so that the occluding element
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