Appeal No. 96-1625
Application No. 08/096,106
beams;
means for focusing the first and second light beams
output from said transmissive means and said second leg,
respectively, onto said means for dispersing;
means for simultaneously detecting the first and
second light beams from said means for dispersing; and
means for reading data from said means for
detecting.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Lee 4,449,821 May 22,
1984
Smith 4,545,680 Oct. 8,
1985
Mächler 4,709,989 Dec. 1,
1987
Lequime et al. (Lequime) 4,758,085 July
19, 1988
Imahashi et al. (Imahashi) 4,844,611 July 4,
1989
Ando 5,162,868 Nov.
10, 1992
Landa et al. (Landa) 5,210,590 May 11,
1993
Birang et al. (Birang) 5,212,537 May 18,
1993
Silvergate et al.(Silvergate) 5,231,461 July 27,
1993
(filed Dec. 9,
1991)
Claims 1 through 4 and 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Lequime in view of Landa,
Birang and Smith.
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