Appeal No. 1997-3975
Application No. 08/395,376
220 USPQ 303, 313 (Fed. Cir. 1983), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 851
(1984).
The examiner asserts that Shofner discloses all the
components of independent claim 9. Appellants argue that
Shofner does not disclose “analyzing means further comprising
means for distinguishing between sensor signals corresponding
to looped entities and sensor signals corresponding to not
looped entities, as contained in Claim 9" [brief, page 7].
Appellants argue that Shofner can sense but not distinguish
between looped and not looped entities. The examiner responds
that Shofner discloses that the sensed signals are analyzed,
and the results of the analysis shown in graphical form
distinguish between looped and not looped entities as recited
in claim 9 [answer, pages 8-9]. We agree with the examiner.
Shofner clearly discloses that the sensed data “are
acquired, analyzed, and stored” [page 4 of reference, emphasis
added]. The question is whether the analysis in Shofner
distinguishes between sensor signals corresponding to looped
entities and sensor signals corresponding to not looped
entities.
We agree with the examiner that the graphical representation
of the fiber properties described on page 4 of the reference
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