Appeal No. 2002-0113
Application 08/799,923
generating a cathodic protection current map using the
measured sensed magnetic field.
16. A method for designing a cathodic protection system for
ensuring a continuous uniform distribution of cathodic protection
current throughout an entire structure comprising the step of
modeling current and voltage distribution in a proposed structure
using a numerical technique.
The references relied upon by the examiner as evidence of
unpatentability are:
Murphy et al. (Murphy) 5,087,873 Feb. 11, 1992
Westermann et al.
(Westermann) 5,466,353 Nov. 14, 1995
Claims 16-20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first
paragraph (enablement).
Claims 14 and 16-20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
second paragraph (indefiniteness).
Claims 1-15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Westermann in view of Murphy.
Claims 16-20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Murphy, with or without Westermann, in view of
the admitted prior art.
Appellants state that the claims stand or fall together
under each rejection. (Brief, page 7). Hence, we consider claims
1, 14, and 16. 37 CFR § 1.192(a)(7)(8)(2000).
OPINION
For the reasons set forth below, we will reverse the
35 U.S.C. § 112 rejections, affirm the rejection of claims 1-15,
and reverse the rejection of claims 16-20.
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