The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written
for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte PAUL E. JOHNSON
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Appeal No. 2005-0644
Application No. 09/804,522
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ON BRIEF
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Before HAIRSTON, DIXON, and NAPPI, Administrative Patent Judges.
HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 20.
The disclosed invention relates to the use of an LED illumination source device in
a flow particle detection device. An optical element collects nearly all of the light from
the LED, and concentrates the collected light at a selected volume within a flow sample
stream.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it reads as follows:
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