The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today was not written for publication in a law journal
and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 17
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
Ex parte DONALD L. CHUBB and PHILLIP JENKINS
Appeal No. 2003-0730
Application No. 09/323,650
ON BRIEF
Before KIMLIN, KRATZ and MOORE, Administrative Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-17.
Claim 1 is illustrative:
1. An optical temperature sensor, said sensor comprising:
an emitter having a selective energy emission band, said
emitter converting thermal energy to energy within said
emission band in response to a temperature of said
emitter;
a light pipe having a first end and a second end, said first
end communicating with said emitter;
an optical bandpass filter communicating with said second
end, said filter having a pass band within said
emission band; and
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