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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte BRUCE M. RADL
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Appeal No. 2005-0474
Application No. 09/966,484
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HEARD: May 3, 2005
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Before Barrett, Ruggiero, and Dixon, Administrative Patent Judges.
Ruggiero, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-6, 8, and 9.
Claim 7 has been allowed and, at page 7 of the Answer, the Examiner indicates that claim
4 contains allowable subject matter. Accordingly, only the Examiner’s rejection of claims
1-3, 5, 6, 8, and 9 is before us on appeal.
The claimed invention relates to an electro-optical apparatus including a lens, a
CCD image sensor having a predetermined filter pattern of color-sensitive pixels, and a
spectrally dispersive element disposed between the lens and the CCD image sensor.
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