Appeal No. 2001-0413
Application No. 09/182,404
BACKGROUND
Appellant's invention relates to a method and apparatus for reducing artifacts in
an imaging system. An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of
exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced below.
1. An apparatus comprising:
an air displacement system including a fan assembly for directing a
stream of air onto a rotating deflector element of an imaging system.
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims is:
Klainman 4,834,520 May 30, 1989
Claims 1, 2, 4-7, 9-14, 16, 17, and 19, stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as
being anticipated by Klainman.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
appellant regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the examiner's
answer (Paper No. 12, mailed May 9, 2000) for the examiner's reasoning in support of
the rejections, and to appellant's brief (Paper No. 11, filed Apr. 24, 2000) and reply brief
(Paper No. 13, filed Jun. 12, 2000) for appellant's arguments thereagainst.
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