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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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 FERENC M. BOZSO
AND PHILIP G. EMMA
_______________
Appeal No. 2006-1150
Application No. 10/317,585
_______________
ON BRIEF
_______________
Before KRASS, RUGGIERO, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent
Judges.
KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1-5, and 21-33.
The invention is directed to a method of continuity checking
an optical connection, best illustrated by reference to
representative independent claim 1, reproduced as follows:
1. A method of continuity checking an optical connection,
said method comprising the steps of:
a. transmitting an optical signal from a first optical
source;
b. checking a first optical receiver for said optical
signal;
Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007