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               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               and is not binding precedent of the Board.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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