The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte INGO POOCH and INGO KANEBLEI __________ Appeal No. 1996-2959 Application 08/399,853 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before MCQUADE, NASE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Ingo Pooch et al. originally took this appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 17. As the appellants have since canceled claim 14, the appeal now involves claims 1 through 13 and 15 through 17, all of the claims currently pending in the application. THE INVENTION The invention relates to a device for detecting gaseous and vaporous components of a gas mixture. Representative claim 1 reads as follows: 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007