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is not binding precedent of the Board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
__________
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
__________
Ex parte RENGASWAMY SRINIVASAN,
PERIYA GOPALAN, and PAUL R. ZARRIELLO
___________
Appeal No. 2002-0113
Application No. 08/799,923
___________
ON BRIEF
__________
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
Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007