Appeal No. 95-4369
Application 08/117,242
d) exciting the sample in the plasma source to provide
an emission characteristic of the elemental constituents of
the sample.
73. A method for sampling and analyzing a material located
at a hazardous site, the material having a surface and
elemental constituents, comprising the steps of:
a) positioning a portable sampling probe proximate the
surface of the material at the hazardous site;
b) directing laser radiation from a laser source
located remote from the probe onto the surface of the
material through an optical fiber, the optical fiber having
two ends, a first end coupled to said laser source and a
second end mounted to the portable probe, the laser
radiation ablating a sample of the material;
c) collecting the sample in a filter mounted in the
probe;
d) exciting the sample collected on said filter in an
inductively coupled plasma source located remotely from the
material to provide a characteristic emission of the
elemental constituents of the sample; and
e) applying said emission to an elemental constituent
detector located remote from the inductively coupled plasma
source.
Opinion
Our opinion is based solely on the arguments raised by the
appellants in their brief. We do not address and offer no
opinion on arguments which could have been raised but were not
set forth in the brief.
The invention of claims 45, 64, 73 and 81 requires a laser
remotely located from the location where the material being
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