Appeal No. 1998-1814 Page 3
Application No. 08/347,814
121. The invention of claim 119 wherein a first
demodulating frequency of said first and said second
demodulator means is greater than a second demodulating
frequency of said first and second demodulator means.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Mantz et al. (Mantz ‘273) 4,410,273 Oct. 18, 1983
Gallagher et al. (Gallagher2) 4,765,736 Aug. 23, 1988
Mantz et al. (Mantz ‘448) 4,937,448 Jun. 26, 1990
Cassidy et al. (Cassidy) "Harmonic Detection with Tunable
Diode Lasers - Two-Tone Modulation", Applied Physics B, vol.
29,
1982 pp. 279-285.
Claims 110-177 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to
particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter
which appellants regard as the invention.
Claims 110-112, 117-146, and 151-177 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Mantz (‘448) in view of
either the prior art cited by appellants on page 19, lines 15-
20 of the specification (reference to US Patent 4,765,736 to
Gallagher) or Cassidy.
Claims 110-114, 117-148, and 151-177 stand rejected under
2 The Gallagher reference is also referred to by the examiner as the
prior art cited by appellants on page 19, lines 15-20 of the specification.
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