Appeal No. 2002-0706
Application No. 09/194,773
if rewritten in independent form. See the final Office action
dated October 10, 2000, Paper No. 9.
APPEALED SUBJECT MATTER
The subject matter on appeal is directed to a method of
manufacturing a ceramic oxygen sensor in which the edges of the
sensor is blunted (chamfered) prior to being subjected to
sintering. In this regard, the appellants state (the
specification, pages 2-3) that:
The method according to the present invention
offers...the advantage that blunting of the
edges of the sensing element may be
accomplished in a simple manner without the
risk of impairing the sensing element. The
edges of the sensing element are blunted
prior to sintering, as a result, it is
possible to blunt the edge in any desired
geometry using simple, non-chip-removing
method. (Emphasis added.)
Details of the appealed subject matter are illustrated in claim
13 which is reproduced below2:
2 According to appellants (Brief, page 5), “[c]laims 13, 14
and 24 stand or fall together.” Therefore, for purposes of this
appeal, we select claim 13 and determine the propriety of the
examiner’s rejection based on this claim alone consistent with
37 CFR § 1.192(c)(7) (2001). See In re McDaniel, 293 F.3d 1379,
1383, 63 USPQ2d 1462, 1465 (Fed. Cir. 2002)(“If the brief fails
to meet either requirement [of 37 CFR § 1.192(c)(7)(2001)] the
Board is free to select a single claim from each group of claims
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