Appeal No. 97/2300
Application No. 08/282,671
computer means for operating the computed tomography
imaging system to perform a scan comprised of a series of
views in which the switch assembly is operated to enable
successive pairs of rows of detector elements such that the
electrical signals from successive pairs of detector elements
in each column are simultaneously applied to the column's
corresponding pre-amplifier.
The reference relied on by the examiner is:
Ribner et al. (Ribner) 5,430,748 July 4, 1995
(filed Feb 28, 1994)
Claims 1 and 2 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as
being anticipated by Ribner.
Reference is made to the brief and the answer for the
respective positions of the appellants and the examiner.
OPINION
In the claims on appeal, the switch assembly is connected
to the two-dimensional array of detector elements through row
enable lines, and is operable in response to control signals
to selectively enable the detector elements. In Ribner, the
switching control 70 is connected to a switching matrix 60,
and not to the array of detector elements 14 (Figure 4). The
switching control 70 selectively enables FETs 62 through 621 8
in the switching matrix 60 via control signals T through T1 4
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