Appeal No. 2004-1137
Application No. 09/734506
Appellant's invention relates to a sampler and method of
dispensing and cooling a fluid sample taken thereby, which sample
is said to be used to monitor chemobiological conditions of the
fluid. On page 2 of the specification, appellant notes that the
change in the chemobiological condition of a fluid sample per
unit time is commonly referred to as the "activity" of the fluid
and that such activity is temperature dependent, i.e., increases
with increasing fluid temperature. It is further noted that the
quality of monitoring is determined, inter alia, by how closely
the chemobiological condition of the fluid sample at the time of
testing or examination corresponds to the chemobiological
condition of the fluid at the sampling instant. Thus, if the
fluid sample taken is to represent the chemobiological condition
of the fluid sample existing at the sampling instant as precisely
as possible, the activity of the fluid sample, averaged over the
time period between sampling and examination must be minimized.
It is to this end that appellant's invention is directed. As
stated on page 4 of the specification, an object of the invention
is to provide a sampler and method for dispensing and cooling a
fluid sample whereby the cooling time, and thus the activity of
the fluid sample, can be reduced. On page 8 of the
specification, it is noted that
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