Appeal No. 1997-2585
Application 07/930,880
reads on Lillquist’s visible light radiation. Lillquist in
col. 3, lines 27 through 39, and Fig. 1 teaches that a
single silicon detector 12 detects infrared and visible
colored light but generates black and white electrical signals
corresponding to the visible light. Therefore, the limitation
of “to generate . . . visible colored light signals,” as
recited in Appellant’s
claim 1, is absent in Lillquist’s detector which generates
black and white signals corresponding to the visible light.
We note that the other independent claims 10 and 15 similarly
recite a single silicon detector for producing electrical
signals corresponding to both infrared and colored light.
Accordingly, we reverse the rejection of claims 1 through 10
and 12 through 20 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Lillquist and
Burley.
In view of the foregoing, the decision of the
Examiner rejecting claims 1 through 10, and 12 through 20
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.
REVERSED
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