Appeal No. 97-0356
Application No. 08/086,150
producing a second signal having a value which is a second
function of said sensed temperature; and
means for comparing said first signal to said second
signal to generate an error signal in response to a ratio
between said first and second signals being different from a
first predetermined ratio indicative of at least one limiting
value between said first and second signals, said error signal
signifying a change in the calibration of one of said at least
two thermocouple junctions.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Petry 2,696,118 Dec. 7, 1954
Kleinle 3,449,174 June 10, 1969
Bock 675,473 Dec. 3,
1963
(Canadian Patent)
Claims 12, 20 and 21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
102(b) as being anticipated by Petry or, in the alternative,
under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Petry.
Claims 14, 17, 22 through 24 and 27 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Petry in view of
Bock.
Claims 18 and 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Petry in view of Kleinle.
Claims 26 and 30 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Petry in view of Bock and Kleinle.
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