Appeal No. 97-1631 Page 11
Application No. 08/245,267
light trained on a photoelectric cell. Id. at 13-21. If
enough apertures match, the light beam reaches a sufficient
intensity to energize the cell, which in turn causes the frame
containing the matching apertures to be flashed upon a screen
and then recorded on photographic film for later reference.
Col. 3, ll. 51-59.
Comparison of the claim’s language to the reference’s
teachings evidences that Badgley fails to teach or suggest the
claimed receiving means and the step of receiving light. The
claimed indicia are read by “receiving light reflected”
therefrom. In contrast, Badgley uses light passing through
the apertures to detect a matching record. The record is read
by projecting it on a screen. Therefore, we find that
Badgley, alone or in combination with Guthmueller or Abe,
fails to teach or suggest the receiving means or step of
receiving light as specified in claims 1 and 20, respectively.
Claims 2-4 and 17 depend from claim 1. As such, neither
Guthmueller, Abe, nor Badgley, alone or in combination,
teaches or suggests the invention specified in these claims.
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