Appeal No. 97-1628
Application No. 08/442,610
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner
finally rejecting claims 39-56, the amendment of which has
been permitted subsequent to the final rejection. Claims 1-38
have been allowed.
The appellants’ invention is directed to a method and
apparatus for interrogating a cased borehole environment for
the purpose of discovering the presence of flaws in the
materials or the interface between the materials. The subject
matter before us on appeal is illustrated by reference to
claim 39, which has been reproduced in an appendix to the
Brief.
THE REFERENCES
The references relied upon by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Vogel et al. 4,809,237 Feb. 28, 1989
(Vogel)
Broding 5,001,676 Mar. 19, 1991
THE REJECTION
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