Appeal No. 1998-2971
Application No. 08/690,274
of support arms supporting said each
bolometer on said substrate, said support
arms of width greater than the spacing
between adjacent bolometers, said support
arms including conductors connecting said
bolometers to said circuitry with said
bolometers connecting in parallel.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Higashi et al. (Higashi) 5,300,915 Apr.
5, 1994
Hornbeck 0 354 369 Feb. 14,
1990
(published European Patent Application)
Claims 1 through 4 and 7 through 9 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Hornbeck.
Claims 5 and 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
being anticipated by Higashi.
Claims 1 through 9 stand provisionally rejected under the
judicially created doctrine of double patenting over claims 1,
2 and 4 through 10 of copending Application Number 08/690,277.
Reference is made to the brief and the answer for the
respective positions of the appellants and the examiner.
OPINION
With the exception of the 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) rejection of
claims 5 and 6, all of the other rejections are sustained.
In response to the rejection of claims 1 through 4 and
4
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