Appeal No. 98-0250
Application No. 08/201,963
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 9
through 32. In an Amendment After Final (paper number 13),2
claims 9, 18, 23 and 32 were amended, and claim 15 was
canceled. Accordingly, claims 9 through 14 and 16 through 32
remain before us on appeal.
The disclosed invention relates to a cold field emitter
system for producing an electron beam.
Claim 23 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it
reads as follows:
23. A cold field emitter system for producing a
collimated electron beam, said field emitter comprising:
a substrate;
a field emitter on said substrate;
a gate spaced apart from said emitter, said gate having a
gap disposed to permit passage of said beam through said gap;
a lens section spaced apart from said emitter and said
gate, said lens section having a gap, said gap in said lens
together with said gap in said gate opening to form a conic
frustrum;
2According to the examiner (paper number 14), the
amendment had the effect of overcoming the indefiniteness
rejection of claims 9 through 15, 18 through 27 and 32.
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