Ex parte RILEY - Page 8




          Appeal No. 96-0023                                                          
          Application 07/958,046                                                      


          purpose of their invention is to simulate the actual material               
          conveying system so that a system designer can observe system               
          operation                                                                   
          prior to operation.  Hitchens does not contemplate the need to              
          record historical data for an actual system.  We agree with                 
          the                                                                         
          Examiner that Hitchens does suggest that their system could be              
          used to monitor an actual system in operation, however,                     
          Hitchens                                                                    
          only suggests providing real time data and not maintaining a                
          historical record.                                                          
               Thalimer teaches continuous monitoring of a miner moter                
          for the purpose of calculating deterioration values for the                 
          insulation of the motor.  Thalimer does teach maintaining a                 
          historical record of the calculated deterioration values and                
          displaying this history.  Further, Thalimer does not                        
          contemplate displaying these deterioration values for only a                
          selected point of time or providing a mask file to correspond               
          these values to a graphical representation so as to allow a                 
          combined display of the graphical representation with these                 
          deterioration values for a selected point in time.                          
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