Application of Hideo Watanabe

SMITH, Judge.

Appellant appeals from an adverse decision of the Board of Appeals which affirmed the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through 5 and 9 of appellant’s application 1 for a patent for an “Electrochemical Electrode”. Five other claims were allowed.

The invention disclosed by the applicant relates to an electrode component of a device used in the measurement of electromotive force and to a method of manufacturing the same. Such electrodes are commonly used for measuring the concentration of ions in a solution. This measurement is commonly used to determine the acidity or…