Appeal No. 1997-1073
Application No. 08/218,540
claims 7, 8, 15, and 16 and objected to them as being
dependent from
rejected base claims. In a second Advisory Action mailed
August
30, 1996, the examiner entered appellant's amendment to claims
7, 8, 15, and 16, filed July 29, 1996, and indicated that
claims 7, 8, 15, and 16 are now allowable. Accordingly,
claims 1 through 6 and 9 through 14 remain before us on
appeal.
The appellant's invention relates to a system for
obtaining a sample of a fluid that accurately represents the
various strata of the fluid in a container. Claim 1 is
illustrative of the claimed invention, and it reads as
follows:
1. A system for obtaining an accurate sample of a
fluid, comprising:
a container having a longitudinal axis for accommodating
the fluid to be analyzed;
a hollow vessel of predetermined varying internal fluid
receiving volume dimensions from one end of said vessel to an
opposing end of said vessel disposed within said container;
and
2
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