Appeal No. 1996-4073
Application No. 08/345,917
area, said first and second areas being coplanar, said
integrated light emitting diode and detector diode being
conductively mounted to said first area of said lead frame and
said photodetector diode being conductively mounted to said
second area, said
photodetector diode is electrically and physically isolated
from said integrated light emitting diode and detector diode;
a light flux coupling material placed on and between
said first and second areas of said lead frame for coupling
light emitted by said light emitting diode to said
photodetector diode wherein said light flux coupling material
covers said integrated light emitting diode and detector diode
on said first area and said photodetector diode on said second
area; and
a protective enclosure formed around said first and
second areas and said light flux coupling material for
enclosing said light emitting diode and detector diode, and
said photodetector diode.
The Examiner relies on the following references:
Rutz 3,229,104 Jan. 11, 1966
Rideout et al. 3,881,113 Apr. 29, 1975
Oimura et al. 4,675,518 Jun. 23, 1987
Suzuki 3 JP 58-48481 Mar. 22, 1983
Fujisawa 3 JP 59-222973 Dec. 14, 1984
Claims 31 through 33 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Rutz or Rideout in view of
Suzuki or Oimura and Appellants’ prior art admissions or
Fujisawa.
3Any citation to this reference will be with respect to a
translation in the file, by Schreiber Translations, Inc.,
dated May 1999.
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