Appeal No. 95-4871
Application No. 08/172,666
HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims
8 through 14 and 23. In an Amendment After Final (paper
number 6), claim 14 was canceled, and claims 24 and 25 were
added to the application. In a subsequent Action (paper
number 7), the examiner indicated that claims 24 and 25 were
allowed. Accordingly, claims 8 through 13 and 23 remain
before us on appeal.
The disclosed invention relates to a ceramic
actuator/sensor material that is encapsulated in a non-
conductive fiber composite material. The non-conductive fiber
composite material has a coefficient of thermal expansion
between the coefficient of thermal expansion of the ceramic
material and the coefficient of thermal expansion of a
graphite-epoxy laminate structure.
Claim 8 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it
reads as follows:
8. An actuator/sensor package highly suited for
installation by embedding in a graphite-epoxy laminate
structure, the actuator/sensor package being made by a process
including the steps of:
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