Appeal No. 96-3109
Application No. 08/445,121
a) illuminating a wall of the borehole with light
from a source in the drill bit,
c) detecting any fluorescence from the wall with a
detector in the bottom hole assembly, and
d) analyzing the detected fluorescence to determine
the presence of hydrocarbon in the formation.
45. A method as claimed in claim 15, comprising
illuminating the wall using a light source selected from the
group consisting of visible light sources, infrared light
sources, ultraviolet light sources and combinations thereof.
No references are relied on by the Examiner.
Claims 12, 45, 47, 50, 52 and 60 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, in that the specification
fails to provide an enabling disclosure for the embodiment
using an infrared source or for the embodiment using a
visible/infrared source to illuminate the wall of the
borehole.
Rather than repeat the arguments of Appellants or the
Examiner, we make reference to the brief and the answer for
the respective details thereof.
OPINION
After a careful review of the evidence before us, we do
not agree with the Examiner that claims 12, 45, 47, 50, 52 and
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