Appeal No. 96-2440
Application 08/099,289
References relied on by the Examiner
Hunt et al. (Hunt) Pat No. 4,922,337 May 1, 1990
Benton, "Fiber Optics and Video: A Background," SMPTE Journal,
July 1988, pp. 546-555.
The Rejection on Appeal
In the final Office action (Paper No. 8), claims 1-4, 6-14,
16-25, 27-34, and 36-42 were finally rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Hunt, Benton, and Dittman et
al., U.S. Patent 5,239,376. However, in the examiner’s answer
(Paper No. 18), the examiner withdrew his reliance on Dittman et
al., canceled the outstanding rejection and entered a new ground
of rejection based solely on Hunt and Benton.
Subsequent to the final rejection, claims 1, 12, 22 and 32
were amended and claims 9, 11, 19, 21, 30, 39 and 42 were
canceled. Thus, the rejection on appeal is that of claims 1-4,
6-8, 10, 12-14, 16-18, 20, 22-25, 27-29, 31-34, 36-38 and 40-41
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Hunt and Benton.
The Invention
The invention is directed to a method and apparatus for
inspecting a product, which employs scanning of the product
surface to produce video signals. Claims 1, 12, 22 and 32 are
the independent claims, of which claim 1 is representative and is
reproduced below:
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