Appeal No. 2001-2065
Application 09/124,871
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from
the non-final rejection of claims 1-8. The claims having been
twice rejected, the appeal is proper.
We reverse.
BACKGROUND
The invention relates to a system for accurately
measuring the location of a missile embedded in a target, such
as a dart embedded in a dart board. In the prior art
electronically scored dart system of Allen, U.S. Patent
5,662,333, the target has a conductive element beneath each
target scoring area. The system detects darts embedded in the
target by interference with incoming electromagnetic
radiation. Appellant has discovered that errors may occur
where the dart is embedded adjacent the boundary between a
large scoring area and a smaller scoring area and/or where the
dart is embedded to a shallow depth, due to the difference in
magnitude of the size of the scoring areas (specification,
pp. 1-2). The problem is solved by dividing the conductive
element of the large scoring area into two pieces, one of
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