Appeal No. 1999-0831
Application No. 08/576,066
as to the teachings of this reference. In summary, the 35
U.S.C. § 103(a) rejection of claims 1 through 3 and 9 through
11 is reversed.
Turning to the obviousness rejection of claims 4 through
8 and 12 through 16, Lonn discloses a plurality of detectors
41 through 49 of a detector array 14 that are arranged in a
plurality of rows (Figures 5 and 6; column 5, lines 46 through
56). Lonn explains that the output signals from the detectors
41 through 49 are summed together to produce detector
attenuation values 32 (column 5, lines 57 through 62).
Inasmuch as this processing step by Lonn differs from the
detector signal processing performed in the disclosed and
claimed invention, Lonn can not be used to cure the noted
shortcoming in the teachings of Yamazaki and Dobbs.
Accordingly, the 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) rejection of claims 4
through 8 and 12 through 16 is reversed.
DECISION
The decision of the examiner rejecting claims 1 through
16 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) is reversed.
REVERSED
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