Appeal No. 1999-2039 Page 10
Application No. 08/531,424
chips are not disposed around a central light aperture, and
there is no evidence that Pileski’s arrangement of optical
fibers would have been desirable for the former reference’s
chips, we are not persuaded that teachings from the prior art
would have suggested the proposed combination of Kakinuma and
Pileski nor the limitations of "b. illumination means mounted
at the distal end of said sheath; ... e. the illumination
means comprising a plurality of light emitting diodes arranged
in a generally concentric pattern surrounding a light
transmissive central aperture in the center of said pattern,
said central aperture having a central axis aligned with and
coaxial with a central axis of said objective lens system and
with a central axis of said sheath;" “illumination means
mounted at the distal end of a camera sheath, the illumination
means comprising a plurality of light emitting diodes arranged
in a generally concentric pattern surrounding a light
transmissive central aperture, said central aperture having a
central axis coaxially aligned with a central axis of said
camera sheath;” “[a] compact light source for illuminating an
object while in a body cavity, said light source comprising
first, second, and third color LED's fixed to a common
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