Environment monitoring system

(i9) United States (12) Reissued Patent

Boatman et al.

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OTHER PUBLICATIONS

MPM-4100 IAQ Solopac: Indoor Air Quality Measurement
System, brochure, Solomat, a Neotronics company, Nor-
walk, Connecticut, 1994.*
Q-Com, Inc., California, brochure. No date.*

* cited by examiner

Primary Examiner—-John S. Hilten
Assistant Examiner—Bryan Bui

(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Faegre & Benson LLP
(57) ABSTRACT

An environment monitoring system and method for systematically and continuously monitoring an environment. The system and method includes a data acquisition system which is programmed to systematically collect [environment] air quality environmental data and non-weather data for a site. The data acquisition system includes sensors coupled to a data storage device having a remote access device for electronic access from a remote system. Data may be uploaded to a remote database for storing environment data from many sites. The remote database includes a remote access device so that the data storage devices of various data acquisition sites can be electronically coupled to the remote database for centralized data collection and storage.

REEXAMINATION RESULTS

The questions raised in reexamination request No. 90/006, 386, filed Sep. 18, 2002, have been considered and the results thereof are reflected in this reissue patent which constitutes the reexamination certificate required by 35 U.S.C. 307 as provided in 37 CFR 1.570(e).

75 Claims, 5 Drawing Sheets