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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 THOMAS A. GRANDINE and THOMAS A. HOGAN
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Appeal No. 2006-2963
Application No. 10/309,969
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ON BRIEF
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Before HAIRSTON, JERRY SMITH, and BLANKENSHIP, 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 1-30. Claims 31-33 have been indicated as containing allowable
subject matter [Answer, page 3; Reply Brief, page 1].
The disclosed invention pertains to modeling at least one section of a curve utilizing
a quartic interpolation technique. Each section can be modeled by initially providing a
pair of positions of the curve section including associated directions and curvatures.
Then, points b0, b1, b2, b3, and b4 are identified based upon the pair of positions and
associated directions and curvatures. A quartic interpolant is then determined over an
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