Appeal No. 1997-3969
Application No. 08/175,052
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134
from the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-29, which constitute
all the claims in the application. An amendment after final
rejection was filed on December 29, 1995 and was entered by
the examiner.
The disclosed invention pertains to the area of
computer generated holograms which produce working images for
machining or other processing of materials. More
particularly, the invention is concerned with the generation
of a plate having a plurality of contiguous polygonal
subapertures formed thereon. The subapertures produce working
images independently of each other.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A method for the generation of a plate having a
plurality of side-by-side subapertures, each subaperture for
generating at least one working image, with all working images
of all subapertures producing a working image array including
a plurality of side-by-side working images on a workpiece, the
method comprising the steps of:
providing subapertures which produce each working image
of the working image array independent of all other
subapertures present;
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