Ex Parte SRINIVASAN et al - Page 1



                     The opinion in support of the decision being entered           
                          today was not written for publication and                 
                             is not binding precedent of the Board                  
                                                      Paper No. 20                  
                                                                                   
                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                         
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                          Ex parte RENGASWAMY SRINIVASAN,                           
                       PERIYA GOPALAN, and PAUL R. ZARRIELLO                        
                                     ___________                                    
                                Appeal No. 2002-0113                                
                             Application No. 08/799,923                             
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                                      ON BRIEF                                      
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         Before PAWLIKOWSKI, POTEATE, and NAGUMO, Administrative Patent             
         Judges.                                                                    
         PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judge.                                  
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                 
              This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of              
         claims 1-20, which are all of the claims pending in this                   
         application.                                                               
              The subject matter on appeal is represented by claims 1 and           
         16, set forth below:                                                       
              1.  A method for mapping a cathodic protection current                
         present in a structure in the presence of a plurality of                   
         conductors in the structure, the method comprising the steps of:           
              sensing the magnetic field generated by the cathodic                  
         protection current in the structure resulting from the plurality           
         of conductors;                                                             
              measuring the sensed magnetic field; and                              





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