Appeal No. 96-2744
Application 08/004,734
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of
claims 6 through 8, 10 through 31 and 40 through 56, constituting
all the claims pending in the application.
The invention is directed to a three-dimensional monitor
which employs a three-dimensional array of discrete volumetric
optical voxels containing dye which emits light in response to
stimulation by electromagnetic radiation.
Representative independent claims 6 and 10 are reproduced as
follows:
6. A voxel, comprising a normally transparent, discrete
volumetric display element adapted to emit light in response to
stimulation by electromagnetic radiation.
10. A monitor for displaying electronically generated
images in three-dimensional space, comprising:
a three-dimensional array of discrete volumetric optical
voxels;
a plurality of transmitting conductors, each transmitting
conductor coupled to a respective voxel; and
an energy source coupled to the transmitting conductors,
adapted to provide energy that causes the voxels to emit visible
light when the energy is conducted to them through the
transmitting conductors.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Soltan et al. (Soltan) 4,299,447 Nov. 10, 1981
Gery 4,525,711 Jun. 25, 1985
Abe et al. (Abe) 4,883,338 Nov. 28, 1989
Zuchowski et al. 5,024,521 Jun. 18, 1991
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