Appeal No. 95-2333
Application 07/981,919
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims
1, 3, and 6-8. The other remaining claims, claims 5 and 9,
were allowed by the examiner.
Claim 1 reads as follows:
1. In a printer system, a line exposure apparatus
for creating line images on a photoreceptor moving in a
process direction comprising:
at least one image print bar including a linear
array of light emitting diodes (LEDs), each of said LEDs
having an individual light output when pulsed, and a linear
gradient index lens array having a center portion and a first
and second end portion, for focusing light outputs from said
LEDs to form said line images with an active write length onto
said photoreceptor, and
means for deforming each said lens array by applying
at least a force F in a direction perpendicular to a surface
of the lens array to change said active write length by a
distance X.
The examiner’s Answer cites admitted prior art and
the following references:
Dannatt 4,427,284 Jan. 24,
1984
Harrigan et al. (Harrigan) 4,589,736 May 20,
1986
Hegg 4,904,049 Feb. 27,
1990
OPINION
Claims 1, 3, and 6-8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
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