Appeal No. 1997-3975
Application No. 08/395,376
a sensing volume;
entity presentation means for receiving the entities and
airflow and presenting the entities in said sensing volume, a
portion of the entities being presented in said sensing volume
in
a looped condition and a portion of the entities being
presented in said sensing volume not in a looped condition;
sensor means for sensing the entities in said sensing
volume and for producing sensor signals corresponding to
characteristics of the sensed entities; and
analyzing means for receiving and analyzing said sensor
signals and for determining at least one characteristic of
looped entities based on said sensor signals, wherein said
analyzing means further comprises means for distinguishing
between sensor signals corresponding to looped entities and
sensor signals corresponding to not looped entities.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Duncan et al. (Duncan) 3,816,001 June 11,
1974
Shofner et al. (Shofner), “Advanced Fiber Information System:
A New Technology For Evaluating Cotton,” presented at the
Conference of the Textile Institute Fibre Science Group, 7-8
December 1988, pp. 1-10, figs. 1-21.
Claims 9-11 and 13-18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 112, first paragraph, as being based on an inadequate
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