The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 CARSTEN SPRINGHORN and BERNHARD BLOEMER _____________ Appeal No. 2005-0086 Application No. 09/969,265 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before CAROFF, WALTZ, and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges. CAROFF, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-16, all the claims now pending in appellants’ involved application. The appealed claims are directed to a sensor device and method for determining the concentration of at least one gaseous component in a gas mixture, e.g., nitrogen oxides (NOx) in the exhaust gas of internal combustion engines.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007