Appeal No. 95-4814 Application 07/935,507 of illumination systems 87 and 87a. Each of the imaging stations has a prescribed source means which houses one or more light sources 103, and projects a highly-uniform, yet highly diffuse illumination beam which, absent a showing to the contrary, is considered to be a "Lambertian integrating vessel." According to the IEEE Standard Dictionary of Electrical and Electronic Terms, a lambertian surface has the4 same luminance regardless of the viewing angle. Appellants have not demonstrated that Martino does not possess this characteristic and is not a "Lambertian integrating vessel." Martino states that a diffusing coating may be applied to the reflective surface 100 of reflector 89 in the illumination system 87 and 87a (column 4, lines 29 through 31). Appellants disclose throughout the specification that the preferred sources of illumination are either tungsten-halogen lamps or arc lamps. Martino discloses (column 3, lines 21 through 26) that the illumination lamps 103 should be either tungsten- halogen or an arc source. The particularly chosen Jay (Editor), IEEE Standard Dictionary of Electrical and4 Electronic Terms, p. 363 (2d ed., New York, The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., 1977) (copy attached). 7Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007