Appeal No. 1999-1925
Application No. 08/649,887
factor of no greater than 25 watts per centimeter squared of
arc tube surface area; and,
said light source achieves a brightness level in excess
of 40,000 lumens per centimeter squared of arc gap unit area.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
de Vrijer1 4,594,529 Jun. 10,
1986
Mathews et al. (Mathews) 5,239,230 Aug.
24, 1993
Parham et al. (Parham) 5,552,671 Sep. 03,
1996
(filed Feb. 14, 1995)
Claims 1 through 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Mathews in view of de Vrijer.
Claims 8, 9, 11 through 18, and 20 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Mathews in view of
de Vrijer and Parham.
Reference is made to the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 13,
mailed March 4, 1999) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
support of the rejections, and to appellants' Brief (Paper
Although de Vrijer was not included in the examiner's statement of1
the rejection, the examiner relied upon the reference in the explanation of
the rejection, and appellants refer to de Vrijer as if it were part of the
rejections. Accordingly, we will treat the rejections as including de Vrijer.
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