Appeal No. 1997-1899
Application No. 08/407,145
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a wavelength-tunable eye protection device to
protect a user’s eye from a laser light source. An understanding of the invention can be
derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced below.
1. An eye protection device for protection against light from a source of light,
said device comprising:
a wavelength-tunable filter for passing at least one wavelength selected in response
to a control signal;
mounting means for mounting said filter before at least one eye of a user; and
control means coupled to said filter for setting said passing wavelength to a
wavelength other than a wavelength at which said light source emits.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Burbo et al. (Burbo) 4,202,601 May 13, 1980
Gunning, III et al. (Gunning, III) 4,508,964 Apr. 02, 1985
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Claims 1-4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Burbo in view of Gunning, III.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and the
appellant regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the examiner's
2The examiner withdrew the rejection of claims 5-7 in the supplemental answer at page 3 and
objected to these claims as dependent on a rejected base claim.
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