Appeal No. 1996-3003
Application 08/175,182
reflection surface for receiving and reflecting light received
from said first reflecting surface and a light detector for
receiving and detecting light reflected from said second
reflection surface;
a casing for housing said light source and optical
system, said window being provided in said casing; and
a mounting board located within said casing and
above an optical path between said second reflecting surface
and said light detector, said mounting board being connected
with at least one device which passes through said casing.
The Examiner relies on the following references:
Lyon 4,521,772 Jun. 4,
1985
Chadima, Jr. et al. (Chadima) 4,766,300 Aug.
23, 1988
Hashimoto et al. (Hashimoto) 4,924,199 May
8, 1990 (filed
May 18, 1987)
Claims 3 through 11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Hashimoto in view of Lyon and
Chadima.
Since the Examiner’s Answer does not state the
statutory grounds of rejection, and the final rejection states
“under 35 USC 012/103 [sic] as set forth previously in the
rejections of record”, we have resorted to the next previous
rejection, Paper No. 10, mailed April 25, 1994. In Paper No.
10, the statutory grounds are clearly stated as 35 U.S.C. §
103 with Hashimoto in view of Lyon. Although Paper No. 10
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