Appeal No. 1996-1579
Application 08/250,489
the rejection of independent claim 1 on appeal under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103. Appellant's request for reconsideration of March 15,
1999 is therefore considered a request for rehearing of that
earlier decision.2
In Lukasiewicz a photosensitive material 12 is taught to
be glued to the underlying surface of the structure or body 10
as shown in figures in 1, 3 and 5. On the other hand, in
McDonach a 2-dimensional grating structure 12 is attached to
the surface 10 of a specimen 10 to be tested.
Claim 1 requires that the laser beams be aimed “at a spot
on an object surface to be measured” (emphasis added) where
the claimed camera imagers receive “reflected speckle images
from the spot.” Claim 1 therefore does not distinguish over
the use of materials that are attached to the surface of the
object to be measured because claim 1 requires that this spot
be on the object surface and that the speckle images are with
respect to the spot and not the surface.
The administrative delay in the panel only recently receiving the2
request for rehearing is regretted.
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