Appeal No. 97-0894
Application 08/069,931
to function as mounting means. Finally, as to dependent claim 4,
the teachings in Anderson indicate that the thermoplastic
binder/resin is a polyamide resin filled with a magnetizable
material as indicated at column 4, lines 18 to 20.
Both independent claims 1 and 7 contain the open-ended term
“comprising” at the end of the preamble which clearly indicates
that other elements than those recited in the body of the claim
may be encompassed within the teachings of the references relied
upon by the examiner. The “included” and “consisting of”
language of independent claims 1 and 7 on appeal are met by the
reasoning advanced by the examiner, as embellished above.
From the collective teachings of the references it may be
seen that each of them function passively, in a non-contact
manner, and contain overlapping, common teachings of measurement
devices which produce an electric current output as a measurement
signal. Each of them also in some manner teaches some form of
coil bobbin/body of single-piece construction to which is
attached a coil for achieving this measurement purpose associated
with magnetic principles. Tomczak does not specifically teach,
but clearly suggests that the bobbin 52 in this reference may be
made by injection molding. This feature is, however,
specifically taught in Anderson and would have been clearly
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