Appeal 2007-1786
Application 10/121,365
1 particular, one or more peripheral devices are provided with a separate
2 emergency control means which are arranged to allow the peripheral
3 apparatus provided with emergency control means to operate independently
4 from the central control unit. (Specification 1-2.)
5 Claim 1 is the only independent claim under appeal. Claim 1 reads as
6 follows:
7 1. A medical device comprising:
8 a central control unit for controlling the medical imaging
9 device;
10 a plurality of peripheral apparatus for the operation of the
11 medical imaging device, the plurality of peripheral apparatus in operative
12 communication with the central control unit, one or more of the peripheral
13 apparatus being provided with emergency control means which are arranged
14 to allow the peripheral apparatus to operate independently from the central
15 control unit; and
16 an emergency control unit for controlling the emergency control
17 means independently from the central control unit.
18
19 The Examiner rejected claims 1-3 and 5 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
20 being anticipated by Ishii2.
21 The Examiner rejected claims 4, 6, and 7 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
22 being unpatentable over Ishii.
23 The prior art relied upon by the Examiner in rejecting the claims on
24 appeal is:
25 Ishii3 JP Hei3-109648 May 9, 1991
26
27 With regard to the rejection of claims 1-3 and 5 under 35 U.S.C.
2 We rely upon the English language translation dated July 2006, from
Schreiber Translations, Inc.
3 Although the translation of the reference refers to the inventor as Ishio, we
will refer to the inventor as Ishii to be consistent with the Answer (p. 2) and
the Brief (p. 3).
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