Ex parte MATTES et al. - Page 2




                 Appeal No. 1998-2445                                                                                                                   
                 Application No. 08/604,228                                                                                                             


                 4 through 6 and 15 through 23 .  In an Amendment After Final2                                                                                  
                 (paper number 16), claims 4 and 20 were canceled.                                                                                      
                 Accordingly, claims 5, 6, 12, 15 through 19 and 21 through 23                                                                          
                 remain before us on appeal.                                                                                                            
                          The disclosed invention relates to a sensor arrangement                                                                       
                 for determination of at least one of a position and an                                                                                 
                 acceleration of a movable body.                                                                                                        
                          Claims 15 and 22 are illustrative of the claimed                                                                              
                 invention, and they read as follows:                                                                                                   
                          15. A sensor arrangement for determination of at least                                                                        
                 one of a position and an acceleration of a moveable body,                                                                              
                 comprising a housing fixedly connectable with the moveable                                                                             
                 body; an inertia body accommodated in said housing; a detector                                                                         
                 arranged in said housing for detecting a horizontal                                                                                    
                 displacement of said inertia body, said housing having a base                                                                          
                 plate on which said detector is arranged so that determination                                                                         
                 of a vertical displacement of said interim body is also                                                                                
                 performed, said inertia body being composed substantially of a                                                                         
                 ferromagnetic material, said housing being composed of a non-                                                                          
                 ferromagnetic material, said detector being provided with an                                                                           
                 electrical oscillating circuit with electromagnetic field                                                                              
                 lines which are at least partially influenceable by a position                                                                         
                 of said ferromagnetic inertia body.                                                                                                    
                          22. A sensor arrangement for determination of at least                                                                        
                 one of a position and an acceleration of a moveable body,                                                                              
                 comprising a housing fixedly connectable with the moveable                                                                             

                          2Appellants recognized (Brief, page 2) that claim 12 was                                                                      
                 omitted from the statement of the rejection in the final                                                                               
                 rejection.                                                                                                                             
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