Appeal No. 2000-1961
Application 08/840,200
done under the dynamic ("on-line") conditions (col. 4,
lines 41-49). We find this measurement of baseline running
conditions meets the limitation of "determining, on-line, a time-
based baseline data set for said operating characteristic
representative of a normal sequence of on-line operations of said
control mechanism." Appellants' argument that "[n]othing in the
subsequently described steps of the Hale patent describe or
suggest modifying the baseline, while the system is operating
on-line, to produce a new baseline from which subsequent
comparisons of valve operation are to be made" (Br6) is not
commensurate in scope with the claim because claim 16 says
nothing about the baseline changing after it has been determined.
The rejection of claim 16 over Hale has not been shown to be in
error. The rejection of claim 16 over Hale is sustained.
Arcella teaches measuring baseline data by recording the
first ten actuations of a valve to determine average and standard
deviations for the signals from each of the sensors of each of
the valves (col. 7, lines 30-37). We find this measurement of
baseline data meets the limitation of "determining, on-line, a
time-based baseline data set for said operating characteristic
representative of a normal sequence of on-line operations of said
control mechanism." Appellants' argument that Arcella has a
fixed baseline is not commensurate in scope with the claim
because claim 16 says nothing about the baseline changing after
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