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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 12 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte LEONHARD REINDL, FOLKHARD MULLER, CLEMENS RUPPEL, WOLF-ECKHART BULST, and FRANZ SEIFERT ____________ Appeal No. 1997-2008 Application No. 08/270,931 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before HAIRSTON, BARRETT, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges. GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 through 43, which are all of the claims pending in this application. Appellants' invention relates to a sensor having both a passive sensor element and a passive reference element, eachPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007