Appeal No. 1998-3336 Page 3
Application No. 08/527,788
a central control box having an interior and an
exterior, said central control box sized to be hand-
held and portable;
a first user interface means for entering a
threshold value of inlet pipe volume of water per
unit time, said user interface means housed in said
interior of said central control box;
a visual display mounted on said exterior of
said central control box for displaying gallons of
water used per unit time;
a second user interface means for entering said
unit time period, said second user interface means
mounted on said exterior of said central control
box;
a comparison means for correlating the inputted
threshold value and the measurements of the inlet
pipe, said comparison means comprising a processor
and a computer program readable by said processor
for comparing said measurements of inlet pipe volume
per unit time and said threshold values of inlet
pipe volume per unit time, said comparison means
housed in said interior of said central control box;
an alarm means for providing an alarm when the
inlet pipe measurement exceeds the inputted
threshold value, said comparison means actuating
said alarm means when said measurements exceed said
threshold values.
The references relied on in rejecting the claims follow:
Bartley et al. (Bartley) 4,108,574 Aug. 22,
1978
Frew et al. (Frew) 4,803,632 Feb. 7, 1989.
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