Appeal No. 1998-2606
Application 08/446,415
appeal are generally shown in Fales in Figures 1-3. The
rotatable disc 30 in Figures 2 and 3 of Fales is clearly shown
and described as a disc. Although element 42 is disclosed as
a bracket or a substrate in Figure 3 of Fales, it would have
been obvious to have utilized the printed circuit board
fabrication technique of Long onto which the electronic
circuits of Figures 4-6 of Fales would have been embodied in
integrated circuit form. In response to appellants' views
expressed at pages 5-7 of the principal brief on appeal
regarding the combinability of Long as a base reference being
modified by Fales as requiring a complete reconstruction of
Long device, it appears that the more appropriate base
reference to begin the analysis would have been Fales rather
than Long as just explained.
We agree with the examiner's view as to the subject
matter of claim 2 that the single light source 38 of Figures 2
and 3 of Fales provides the claimed directional light source
because of the use of the shroud 40 to direct the light
outwardly to the images provided in the various windows 34-37
of the disc 30 in Fales.
We reverse the rejection of claim 3 and its dependent
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