The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 26 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte LESTER L. WAREHIME __________ Appeal No. 2001-2423 Application 08/931,253 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before PAK, OWENS and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 1 and 3- 13, which are all of the claims remaining in the application. THE INVENTION The appellant claims a millivoltage generator, i.e., a thermocouple, having as the thermocouple elements a tubular sheath and a rod extending within and spaced apart from the 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007