Appeal No. 2000-0737
Application No. 08/919,795
a focusing lens for the laser light led to the
parallel rays by the collimator lens and leading the
focused laser light to a laser medium,
the laser medium for absorbing the laser light and
outputting a spontaneous emission light, and
an optical resonator for confining the spontaneous
emission light to make the laser light oscillated by an
induced emissions,
wherein the solid state laser device includes a first
housing for storing the laser semiconductor and the
collimator lens in a state of positioning them on the same
optical axis, and a second housing for storing the focusing
lens, the laser medium and the optical resonator in a state
of positioning them on the same optical axis, and the
housings are detachable.
The reference relied upon by the examiner is:
Clark et al. (Clark) 4,730,335 Mar. 08, 1988
Claims 1-4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Clark.
The respective positions of the examiner and the appellant
with regard to the propriety of this rejection is set forth in
the examiner’s answer (Paper No. 13) and the appellant’s brief
and reply brief (Paper Nos. 12 and 14, respectively).
Appellant’s Invention
The invention is described at pages 2 and 3 of the brief.
Opinion
After consideration of the positions and arguments
presented by both the examiner and the appellant, we have
concluded that the rejection should not be sustained.
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