Appeal No. 1998-0823
Application 08/630,542
USPQ at 311, 312-13.
Turning to Appellants' claim 24, we note that the claim
further limits parent claim 22 by reciting a beam deflector
selectably positionable into the path of a light beam from the
objective lens between the objective lens and said beam
divider and operative to deflect the light beam into only one
of [said] camera ports. At page 12, lines 9-13 of the
specification, Appellants disclose that, should a user desire
to take two-dimensional high resolution photographs
with a single camera, polyhedron dividing mirror 67 may be
provided with "an integral 45 degree reflective surface
deflector 75 which when rotated into the path of the light
beam 60 . . . directs the light beam 60 directly into camera
46a."
As discussed supra, Heimstadt in combination with Muller
teach a stereoscopic microscope in which two cameras are used
to take simultaneous, stereoscopic photographs. The Examiner
advances the argument that Heimstadt and Muller may be
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