Appeal No. 1996-1813
Application No. 08/117,453
Claims 1-5, 7-8 and 16-18 have been rejected as
unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over the combination of
Harte and Inman.
Claims 1-8 and 16-18 have been rejected as unpatentable
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Maggard ‘745 in combination with
Inman and Mark.
Claims 9-15 have been rejected as unpatentable under 35
U.S.C. § 103 over Maggard ‘745 in combination with Inman, Mark
and Dawes.
The claimed invention
The claimed invention is drawn to a system for the
determination of properties of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures by
spectral absorption. The claimed invention also comprises a
prototype injection means which injects protofuel in to the
spectral sampling system. The protofuel, which comprises a
plurality of standardized hydrocarbons, is use to calibrate
the spectral system. (Specification page 6, lines 4-13). The
use of at least two protofuels for system calibration allows
for their sequential injection. This provides system
calibration by measuring the property, e.g. octane, at
multiple points. Figure 7, is said to exhibit the advantages
of at least two point calibration over single point
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