Ex parte SMITH et al. - Page 4




          Appeal No. 97-0544                                         Page 4           
          Application No. 08/177,108                                                  


          Mori et al. (Mori)            0420574A2                Apr. 3,              
          1991                                                                        
          (European Patent Application)                                               
          Omar                               0561302A1                Sep.            
          22, 1993                                                                    
          (European Patent Application)                                               
          “The Applications of Holography,” Caulfield et al.                          
          (Caulfield), Wiley-Interscience, © 1970, pp. 80-83.                         


               Claims 16-30 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112 as                   
          indefinite.  Claims 16-22, 24, and 26-29 stand rejected under               
          35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over Smith in view of Dorfman,                   
          Shantz, and Caulfield.  Claims 16, 23, and 25 stand rejected                
          under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over Smith in view of                      
          Dorfman, Shantz, Caulfield, and Daly.  Claims 16, 23, and 30                
          stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over Smith in               
          view of Dorfman, Shantz, and Caulfield further in view of Mori              
          or Omar.  Rather than repeat the arguments of the appellants                
          or examiner in toto, we refer the reader to the brief and the               
          answer for the respective details thereof.                                  


                                       OPINION                                        










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