Appeal No. 2000-0327 Page 2
Application No. 08/745,330
Appellant's invention relates to a system for monitoring
water consuming structures. An understanding of the invention
can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which is
reproduced as follows:
1. A system for monitoring a water consuming structure
supplied by a water pipe comprising
means for determining that a selected volume of water has
flowed through the pipe during a period of time not exceeding
a predetermined period of time, and
means for transmitting an alarm signal in the event that
said determining means determines that said selected volume of
water has flowed through the pipe to said water consuming
structure during a period of time not exceeding said
predetermined period of time.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Gastouniotis et al. 4,940,976 Jul. 10,
1990
(Gastouniotis)
Thompson 5,441,070 Aug. 15, 1995
The following rejections have been applied against the
claims :2
2 The final rejection included a rejection of claim 17 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 112, first paragraph. As the examiner has not repeated this rejection on
appeal, we consider the rejection to have been withdrawn.
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