Appeal No. 97-0356
Application No. 08/086,150
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 2
through 4, 6 through 14 and 16 through 29. In an Amendment
After Final (paper number 8), claims 2 through 4, 6 through
11, 13, 16, 25, 28 and 29 were canceled, claims 12, 14, 17
through 19, 22 and 26 were amended, and claim 30 was added to
the application. In a second Amendment After Final (paper
number 15), claim 17 was amended. Accordingly, claims 12, 14,
17 through 24, 26, 27 and 30 remain before us on appeal.
The disclosed invention relates to a thermocouple system
that has three thermoelements connected to each other to form
at least two different thermocouple junctions. The
thermocouple system generates an error signal signifying a
change in the calibration of one of the at least two
thermocouple junctions.
Claim 12 is the only independent claim on appeal, and it
reads as follows:
12. A self-diagnostic thermocouple system comprising:
three thermoelements connected to each other to form at
least two different thermocouple junctions, one of said
thermocouple junctions producing a first signal having a value
which is a first function of a sensed temperature, the other
of said at least two different thermocouple junctions
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