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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
Ex parte JEREMY RUSSEL LEACH and BRYAN JAMES CHRISTOPHERSEN
Appeal No. 2006-0549
Application No. 10/181,184
HEARD March 7, 2006
Before JERRY SMITH, BARRY, and MACDONALD, Administrative Patent Judges.
JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s
rejection of claims 4 and 7-10. Pending claims 1-3, 5 and 6 have been indicated by the
examiner to contain allowable subject matter.
The disclosed invention pertains to a method and apparatus for authenticating
documents of value. The invention uses a light emitting diode (LED) which emits ultra-
violet (UV) radiation in a wavelength range at which non-genuine documents have a
different reflectivity than genuine documents.
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