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publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 10
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte DANIEL T. MacLAUCHLAN
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Appeal No. 1998-2443
Application No. 08/704,956
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ON BRIEF
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Before KRASS, BARRETT and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges.
KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claim 21, the sole claim
pending in the application.
The invention is directed to a method for determining a liquid level in a container
using an electromagnetic acoustic transducer (EMAT). The method is applied to
containers having a thin metal wall. Because the thin wall is much more compliant than
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