Paper No. 20 THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte RONALD J. ASJES ______________ Appeal No. 1997-1266 Application 08/078,791 _______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before HAIRSTON, KRASS and HECKER, Administrative Patent Judges. HECKER, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 3, 5 through 9, 11, 12 and 15 through 24, all claims pending in this application. The invention relates to an apparatus and method for determining the type of a battery according to its chemical contents. In particular, and with regard to Figure 1, battery 10 is placed in an excitation coil 20 which generates an 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007