Appeal No. 97-0126
Application No. 08/314,749
together end-to-end to form an extended linear array. Each
array has two staggered rows of optical fibers extending along
the length of each array.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the invention and reads as
follows:
1. A gradient index lens array assembly comprising a
plurality of linear gradient index lens arrays, each array
having two staggered rows of optical fibers extending along
the length of each array, each array connected in a staggered
end-to-end configuration forming an extended length linear
array assembly.
The Examiner relies on the following reference:
Yamanishi et al. (Yamanishi) 4,742,240
May 03, 1988
Claims 1-4 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Yamanishi. Rather than reiterate the
arguments of Appellant and the Examiner, reference is made to
the Briefs and Answer for the respective details.2
OPINION
2The Appeal Brief was filed September 28, 1995. In
response to the Examiner’s Answer dated January 29, 1996, a
Reply Brief was filed February 20, 1996 which was acknowledged
and entered by the Examiner without further comment on May 6,
1996.
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