Ex Parte Kertis et al - Page 1



               The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written
                    for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.        
                                                                 Paper No. 18         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      

                                     ____________                                     
                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
                                     ____________                                     
                            Ex parte ROBERT ANDREW KERTIS                             
                                and PETER JOHN WINDLER                                
                                     ____________                                     
                                 Appeal No. 2004-0650                                 
                              Application No. 09/894,265                              
                                     ____________                                     
                                       ON BRIEF                                       
                                                                                     
          Before JERRY SMITH, FLEMING, and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent            
          Judges.                                                                     
          RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      

                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of           
          claims 1-7 and 10-13, which are all of the claims pending in the            
          present application.  Claims 8 and 9 have been canceled.                    
               The claimed invention relates to the detection of the                  
          amplitude of an electronic signal in which current comparisons are          






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