Appeal No. 2003-1486
Application No. 09/152,016
means for generating a light beam;
a rotatable mirrored surface positioned to directly receive
the generated light beam from the light generating means and
direct the generated light beam towards the object and the
mirrored surface positioned to directly receive light reflected
by the object; and
means for detecting light positioned to directly receive the
directed reflected light from the mirrored surface; and
wherein as the rotatable mirrored surface rotates a cross
section of the rotatable mirrored surface changes and the
detector is sized and positioned to be fully illuminated in any
rotation of the mirrored surface without focusing the directed
reflected light when light reflects from the object.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Frontino 5,010,242 Apr. 23, 1991
Claims 4 through 11 and 13 through 18 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, as being indefinite.
Claims 4, 6 through 9, 11, 13, 14, and 16 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Frontino.
Claims 5, 10, 15, 17, and 18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Frontino.
Reference is made to the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 23,
mailed November 19, 2002) for the examiner's complete reasoning
in support of the rejections, and to appellants' Brief (Paper No.
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