Appeal No. 2006-1436
Application No. 10/461,817
The disclosed invention relates to a sensor tube for
determining a concentration of a substance. The sensor tube
comprises a hard, pressure-resistant outer tube and a diffusion
layer covering the inside of the outer tube. The outer tube has
holes formed therein that extend from the outside of the outer
tube to the diffusion layer. The diffusion layer is permeable to
the noted substance that enters the holes in the outer tube.
Claim 1 is the only independent claim on appeal, and it
reads as follows:
1. A sensor tube for determining a concentration profile of
a substance along a path, comprising:
a hard, outer, pressure-resistant tube having an outside and
an inside;
a diffusion layer covering the inside of said outer tube,
said diffusion layer being permeable to the substance; and
said outer tube having holes formed therein extending from
the outside to said diffusion layer.
The reference relied on by the examiner is:
Recla 5,301,538 Apr. 12, 1994
Claims 1 through 3 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
as being anticipated by Recla.
Reference is made to the final rejection, the brief and the
answer for the respective positions of the appellant and the
examiner.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the entire record before us,
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