Appeal No. 97-1697
Application No. 08/336,170
actuator means responsive to
movement of said elongated operating member for causing
said spacing between said rigid lens and said distensible
membrane to change.
The reference of record relied upon by the examiner as
evidence of anticipation is:
Kurtin et al. (Kurtin) 5,371,629 Dec. 06,
1994
(filed Feb. 4,
1993)
THE REJECTION
Claims 1 through 3, 8 through 10, 22, 23, 26, and 27
stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as anticipated by Kurtin.
On page 4 of the examiner's answer, the examiner states that
the Kurtin reference shows a variable focus length lens with a
distensible membrane and a space between the lens and the
membrane filled with a liquid. The actuating system of Kurtin
has, according to the examiner, a flexible elongated operating
member (16), a support structure for the member (frame 10
and/or pivot 17), a finger-operated positioner (20) and a
means for changing the space between the rigid lens and the
distensible membrane (screw 21).
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