Appeal No. 96-3109
Application No. 08/445,121
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of
claims 12, 45, 47, 50, 52 and 60 . Claims 1, 6, 7, 8, 11, 13 2
through 17, 19 through 24, 26 through 44, 46, 48, 49, 51 and
53 through 59 have been indicated as allowable. Claims 2
through 5, 9, 10, 18 and 25 have been canceled.
Appellant's invention relates to a method and apparatus
for fluorescence logging of underground formations surrounding
a bore hole. In particular, the invention relates to the
detection of hydrocarbons in pore fluid from the underground
formations. Representative claims 15 and 45 are
reproduced as follows:
15. A method of locating in situ hydrocarbons in
underground formations surrounding a borehole during drilling
with a bottom hole assembly including a drill bit comprising:
2An amendment after final rejection, paper no. 12, was
entered. This effectively replaced claim 10 with claim 60 and
canceled claims 2-5,9,10, 18 and 25. In doing so,the
dependency of claims 11, 12 and 13 was overlooked and should
be adjusted. Also, a typographical error in claims 1 and 17
should be corrected, where “greater the the” should be --
greater than the--.
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