Appeal No. 1998-1661
Application No. 08/409,244
Claims 1 through 15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
second paragraph, as being vague and indefinite. Claims 1, 2
and 5 through 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
unpatentable over the combination of Krupke, Payne and
O’Meara.
Reference is made to the brief and answer for the
respective positions of appellants and the examiner.
OPINION
We turn first to the rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
second paragraph.
With regard to claim 1, the examiner contends that it is
inaccurate to characterize a master oscillator as being
“pumped by a first pump source” since it is the active or gain
medium that is actually pumped. Similarly, the examiner
contends that it is inaccurate to characterize a power
amplifier as being pumped by a second pump source since it is
the active or gain medium that is actually pumped.
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