Ex parte REINDL et al. - Page 1




                    THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                      

              The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not  
              written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding         
               precedent of the Board.                                                
                                                                 Paper No. 12         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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              Ex parte LEONHARD REINDL, FOLKHARD MULLER, CLEMENS RUPPEL,              
                         WOLF-ECKHART BULST, and FRANZ SEIFERT                        
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                                 Appeal No. 1997-2008                                 
                              Application No. 08/270,931                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before HAIRSTON, BARRETT, and GROSS, Administrative Patent                  
          Judges.                                                                     
          GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         


                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
              This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                  
          rejection of claims 1 through 43, which are all of the claims               
          pending in this application.                                                
              Appellants' invention relates to a sensor having both a                 
          passive sensor element and a passive reference element, each                








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