Appeal No. 2001-1344
Application No. 09/218,763
optical block of refractive material located adjacent to the
aperture. According to Appellant (specification, page 5), the
optical block compresses the entering light rays and produces an
image representative of at least a 180 degree field of view.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the invention and reads as follows:
1. An image viewing device, comprising:
a member having an area defining an aperture, the light rays
from the image entering through the aperture; and
an optical block comprised of a refractive material, the
optical block being located adjacent to the aperture, the optical
block being capable of compressing the light rays from the image
that pass through the aperture so as to produce an image comprising
at least a 180/ field of view.
No prior art references are relied on by the Examiner.
Claims 11 and 19 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly
point out and distinctly claim the invention.
Claims 1, 2, 4-9, 11, 13-19, and 21-24, all of the appealed
claims, stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first
paragraph, as being based on an inadequate disclosure.
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellant and the
Examiner, reference is made to the Brief (revised, Paper No. 14)
and Answer (Paper No. 15) for the respective details thereof.
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