Appeal No. 97-1202
Application 08/061,557
claims 4 through 6 were amended, and in a second Amendment After
Final (paper number 14), claims 4 through 6, 9 and 10 were
amended.
The disclosed invention relates to an indicator lamp.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it
reads as follows:
1. An indicator comprising:
an indicator lamp having a lamp case which is light-
transmissive to light emitted by at least one light-emitting
element on one side of the lamp case, said lamp case being made
from a material through which a light indication of said at least
one light-emitting element is easily visible without being
impaired by the reflection of ambient light from a surface on
another side of the lamp case;
a signal lamp comprising said at least one light-emitting
element located within said lamp case; and
a display unit mutually integrated with said signal lamp for
displaying information related to light emitted by said signal
lamp.
The reference relied on by the examiner is:
McLaughlin et al. (McLaughlin) 4,975,694 Dec. 4, 1990
Claims 1 through 18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over McLaughlin.
Reference is made to the briefs and the answer for the
respective positions of the appellants and the examiner.
OPINION
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