Appeal No. 1998-1364
Application 08/722,384
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from
the final rejection of claims 1-22.
We affirm-in-part.
BACKGROUND
The invention relates to a sensor and method of sensing
membrane stress in a sensing structure such as a diaphragm.
The invention is clearly summarized in Appellants' brief in
the Summary of Invention at pages 2-3.
Claim 1 is reproduced below.
1. A sensor, comprising:
a sensing structure having a first location with
substantially zero bending in response to a physical
condition; and
a first transducer disposed at the first location
for converting a membrane stress in the sensing structure
to a first sense signal.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
Huck et al. (Huck) 5,107,710 April 28, 1992
Inoue et al. (Inoue) 5,166,892 November 24, 1992
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