Appeal No. 1997-2585
Application 07/930,880
1540, 1548, 220 USPQ 303, 309 (Fed. Cir. 1983), cert. denied,
469 U.S. 851 (1984).
Turning to the rejection of claims 1, 2, 10, 15, 16,
and 20 under 35 U.S.C. § 103, Appellant on page 5 of the
appeal brief argues that contrary to the claimed single
silicon detector for both infrared and visible color light,
Burley’s night vision system has an infrared imager separate
from a visible light color TV camera. Appellant on page 2 of
the supplemental reply brief adds that the output signal from
the single silicon detector of Lillquist corresponding to the
visible light radiation is black and white.
In response to Appellant’s arguments, the Examiner
on page 7 of the second supplemental answer points out that
Lillquist is relied upon to show a single silicon detector
responsive to both visible colored light and infrared
radiation while Burley teaches the use of such combined sensor
in a vehicle. The Examiner on page 10 of the second
supplemental answer adds that visible light is colored and
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