The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was
not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the
Board.
Paper No. 11
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MATTHEW L. SCHNEIDER, ABHAY P. BHAGWAT,
ALFRED SCHUPPE, and GEORGE M. KUHNS
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Appeal No. 2000-2000
Application No. 09/105,124
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ON BRIEF
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Before JERRY SMITH, LALL, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges.
LALL, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the
examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-16, which constitute all
the claims in this application.
According to appellants (brief at pages 2 and 3), the
present invention involves the sensing of crankcase blow-by gases
by measuring the volumetric flow of such gases rather than the
prior art method of measuring the pressure of these gases.
Volumetric flow of the blow-by gases is accomplished by routing a
portion of these gases through a venturi which has high pressure
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