Appeal No. 1996-3058
Application 08/192,520
This is a decision on appeal from the final
rejection of claims 1 and 21 through 26, all of the claims2
pending in the application.
The invention relates to a position-encoding system
which includes a device adapted to shift gears of a motor
vehicle. The position encoder includes a substrate and
conductive material disposed thereon such that the conductive
material forms patterns. The patterns are composed of a
series of states, each state composed of either a presence or
an absence of conductive material. The encoder has a
plurality of regions characterized by the patterns. Some
regions indicate gears and some indicate intermediate
positions between gears. Upon move-ment from any first gear
to any second gear, one state remains constant from the first
gear and changes only upon arrival at
Claim 21 was canceled in the amendment after final rejection,2
Paper No. 6, and its limitations were inserted into claim 1.
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