The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today was not written for publication and is not
binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
Ex parte CHARLES D. SNELLING and LEO T. VAN LAHR
Appeal No. 2004-2159
Application No. 09/819,943
ON BRIEF
Before KIMLIN, GARRIS and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-3 and
9-17. Claims 5-8, the other claims remaining in the present
application, have been allowed by the examiner. Claim 1 is
illustrative:
1. A system for detecting the level of liquid in a vessel,
comprising:
a detector assembly including
a thermally conductive substrate,
a heater mounted on said substrate such that said heater is
thermally coupled to the interior of the vessel, said heater
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