Appeal No. 2001-1739
Application 08/892,903
wherein the optical tube sleeve includes an upper sloping
surface and said optical tube includes a radial projection for
overlying and engaging said sloping surface whereby rotation
imparted to the optical tube causes said optical tube to move
axially along said optical tube optical axis through the
cooperation of the sloping surface with the radial projection to
make a fine focus adjustment, and wherein said optical tube
sleeve only partially encircles the optical tube and includes
spaced-apart side edges defining a generally vertically oriented
channel in said optical tube sleeve, said radial projection being
dimensioned to slide within said channel along said optical tube
optical axis when aligned therewith, whereby a gross focus
adjustment can be made.
References
The references relied on by the Examiner are as follows:
Brock 5,071,241 Dec. 10, 1991
Deutsche Akademie (Akademie) 1,274,833 Sept. 18, 1961
Rejections at Issue
Claims 5 through 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
first paragraph, for failing to have an enabling disclosure.
Claims 1, 2, 4, 5, 23, 25 and 26 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Brock in view of Akademie.1
1 The Examiner has withdrawn the objection to the drawings
under 37 CFR 1.83(a). See page 4 of the Examiner’s answer. The
Examiner has withdrawn the rejection of claims 1 through 8, 20
and 22 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph. See page 8 of
the Examiner’s answer.
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