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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ANTHONY J. RUGGIERO
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Appeal No. 2005-2111
Application No. 09/827,454
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ON BRIEF
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Before KRASS, JERRY SMITH, and LEVY , Administrative Patent Judges.
KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-49.
The invention pertains to communication devices, specifically communication using
optical phase conjugation to establish a communications link. Phase conjugate mirrors
are said to have the unique property that the light reflected back to the source must
exactly retrace its path. Therefore, the light reflected therefrom can remove deleterious
wavefront aberrations such as those due to small scale atmospheric turbulence as well as
provide an automatic pointing and tracking function.
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