Appeal No. 97-0866
Application 07/801,248
Winterberg, Focusing of an Intense Relativistic
Electron Beam by a Hollow Conical Laser Beam,
Z. Naturforsch, 30a, 1975, pages 976-980 (hereinafter
Winterberg (1975)).
Winterberg, Super-ion-beam accelerator for the ignition
of thermonuclear reactions, J. Plasma Physics, 1980,
vol. 24, part 1, pages 1-14 (hereinafter
Winterberg (1980)).
Miller et al. (Miller), Observation of Plasma
Wake-Field Effects during High-Current Relativistic
Electron Beam Transport, Physical Review Letters,
September 23, 1991, vol. 67, no. 13, pages 1747-1750.
Claims 1-10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to
particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject
matter which appellants regard as their invention. The
examiner states that it is unclear what constitutes a
"mildly-relativistic beam" or an "intense ion beam"
(Examiner's Answer, page 3).
Claims 1-4 and 6-9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Linlor or, in the
alternative, under § 103 as being unpatentable over Linlor
and Ashkin.
Claims 1-10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Linlor, Ashkin, and Miller. Miller
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