Appeal No. 1997-1190
Application No. 08/427,972
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 1 through 11, 13, 14 and 16 through 29,
all the claims remaining in the application.2
The subject matter on appeal is directed to an assembly
and method for acquiring information relating to a drill
string during a drilling operation. An understanding of the
invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claims 1
and 10, copies of which appear on pages 6 and 9, respectively,
of appellants' supplemental reply brief (Paper No. 38, filed
October 13, 1998).
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Jeter 4,027,282 May 31, 1977
Engebretson 4,472,884 Sep. 25, 1984
Bseisu et al. (Bseisu) 4,715,451 Dec. 29, 1987
Chevalier et al. (Chevalier) 4,806,115 Feb. 21, 1989
The following rejections are before us for
review:
(1) claims 1 through 11, 13, 14 and 16 through 29 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph;
2Subsequent to the final rejection, the examiner renumbered claims 18
through 30 as claims 17 through 29, respectively (supplemental answer, page
2).
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