Appeal No. 96-1555
Application 08/229,619
image from said display surface and for reflecting
images from one another to produce reflected images
in order to create a segmented, kaleidoscopic
composite image having image segments including said
reflected images;
each of said mirrors presenting the shape of a triangle
having a base adjacent said display surface and two,
equal-length edges, adjacent ones of said mirrors
presenting an image axis at the juncture thereof,
said image axis presenting an angle of less than 90E
relative to said display surface, each of said
mirrors presenting an interior base angle of less
than 90E relative to said display surface.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
Coates 1,090,278 March 17, 1914
Akins 4,475,126 October 2,
1984
Baird et al. (Baird) 4,952,004 August 28, 1990
Claims 1-8, 11-17, 20-29, and 32-37 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Akins and Coates.
Claims 18, 19, 30, and 31 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Akins, Coates, and Baird.
We refer to the Final Rejection (Paper No. 10) and the
Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 16) (pages referred to as "EA__")
for a statement of the Examiner's position and to the Brief
(Paper No. 14) (pages referred to as "Br__") for Appellant's
arguments thereagainst.
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