Appeal No. 96-1445
Application 08/371,684
the use of deformable mirror devices. The use of the dichroic
mirrors in Ernstoff would have thus been an obvious
enhancement to the SLM/DMDs of Hornbeck to achieve the
conveyance of individual color beams to the viewer.
We are therefore convinced that despite the earlier noted
inadequacy with respect to the examiner’s reasoning of the
statement of the rejection, the art relied upon itself conveys
an analytical or substitutional linkage among the references
themselves in such a manner to arrive at the subject matter of
each of the claims on appeal. Stated differently, the
teachings of each reference relied upon by the examiner
obviously would have been combinable to the artisan to arrive
at the subject matter of the claimed invention of each claim
on appeal in the manner basically reasoned by the examiner
which has been embellished here. For example, as to claim 1,
the collective teachings of Collender, Ernstoff and Hornbeck
would have indicated the simultaneous generation of plural
beams of light, that is, plural color beams of light, to form
a planar image to the extent that Hirsch’s teachings may be
construed as presenting only a single beam of light for a
planar image. Both Hirsch and Collender teach the specific
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