Appeal No. 1997-0417
Application 08/265,548
Representative independent claim 18 is reproduced below:
18. An industrial process system adapted for controlling the flow of a plurality of different
materials on respective conveyors wherein the materials are transported to a region to form a
composition of predetermined proportions of said materials by weight without moisture, said system
comprising:
a plurality of sensor stations each disposed above a respective one of said conveyors, each of
said sensor stations comprising means for producing an electrical signal representing the real time
moisture content of the respective one of materials in response to measurement of light at two different
wavelengths from said respective one of materials;
means responsive to said electrical signals for generating a like plurality of flow signals each
corresponding to the flow rate of a respective one of said materials that compensates for moisture in
said respective material to produce said predetermined proportion of materials by weight without
moisture; and
means responsive to said flow rate signals for controlling said conveyors.
The following reference is relied on by the examiner:
Adamski et al. (Adamski) 5,220,168 Jun. 15, 1993
Claims 18 to 26 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As evidence of obviousness, the
examiner relies upon Adamski alone.
Rather than repeat the positions of appellants and the examiner, reference is made to the Brief
and the Answer for the respective details thereof.
OPINION
In reaching our conclusion on the issues raised in this appeal, we have carefully considered
appellants’ specification and claims, the applied patent, and the respective viewpoints of appellants and
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