Appeal No. 1998-1524 Page 3
Application No. 08/355,926
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a wide range
temperature sensor (claims 1, 3, 4 and 6 through 10) and a
method of sensing temperature within a broad range (claims 11
and 14). An understanding of the invention can be derived
from a reading of exemplary claims 1 and 11, which appear in
the appendix to the appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Wickersheim et al. 5,112,137 May
12, 1992
(Wickersheim)
Dakin et al. 2,202,936 Oct. 5,
1988
(Dakin) (United Kingdom)
Hartl et al., "Fiber optic temperature sensor using spectral
modulation," SPIE, Vol. 838, Fiber Optic and Laser Sensors V
(1987), pp. 257-261 (Hartl)
Admitted Prior Art, Figure 3 of the appellants' application
(APA)
Claims 11 and 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to
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