Appeal No. 96-0069
Application 08/110,493
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134
from the examiner's rejection of claims 13-21, which constitute
all the claims remaining in the application.
The claimed invention pertains to a laser apparatus which
uses a solid regular pyramid having a square base and four
triangular faces which meet at the apex.
Representative claim 13 is reproduced as follows:
13. A laser apparatus comprising a solid regular pyramid
made of laser material, having a square base and four triangular
faces of equal size and shape meeting at the apex and a laser
beam directed perpendicularly to said base and characterized as
having substantially 0E reflection.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Almasi et al. (Almasi) 3,631,362 Dec. 28, 1971
Koechner 4,357,704 Nov. 02, 1982
Claims 13-21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As
evidence of obviousness the examiner offers Koechner or Almasi.
Rather than repeat the arguments of appellants or the
examiner, we make reference to the briefs and the answer for the
respective details thereof.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the subject matter on
appeal, the rejections advanced by the examiner and the evidence
of obviousness relied upon by the examiner as support for the
rejections. We have, likewise, reviewed and taken into
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