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publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte GERHARD FISCHLE, ALEXANDER HOHNWALD, TANER KANDEMIR,
THORSTEN KLEPSER, FRANK TIETZE, and PETER WOLL
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Appeal No. 2006-2476
Application No. 10/269,089
Technology Center 3600
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HEARD: November 15, 2006
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Before CRAWFORD, GROSS, and NAPPI, Administrative Patent Judges.
GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1
through 14, which are all of the claims pending in this application.
Appellants’ invention relates to a method for determining temperature of a wheel-
braking device in a vehicle. Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it reads
as follows:
1. A method for determining temperature of a wheel-braking device of a brake
system in a vehicle, which braking device includes a brake disc and a brake caliper, said
method comprising:
determining current disc temperature (Tdisc, current) of the brake disc as a function of
a last-determined disc temperature (Tdisc, old), energy (Efriction, disc) supplied to the brake
disc since determination of the last-determined disc temperature, and energy (Edisc, dis)
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