Appeal No. 2001-1342
Application 08/994,821
source to image and decode the first dataform and to actuate the
imaging assembly and selectively energize the second illumination
source to image and decode the second dataform;
f) wherein the first illumination source illuminates the
target area with illumination having a spectral output centered
about a wavelength in the visible spectrum; and
g) wherein the control and selection circuitry deenergizes
the second illumination source while the first illumination
source is energized and deenergizes the first illumination source
while the second illumination source is energized.
References
Smith 3,492,478 Jan. 27, 1970
Berson et al. (Berson) 5,502,304 Mar. 26, 1996
Barkan et al. (Barkan) 5,506,392 Apr. 9, 1996
Roustaei 5,532,467 Jul. 2, 1996
Xu 5,992,753 Nov. 30, 1999
(filing date Oct. 30, 1997)
Rejection at Issue
Claims 1, 3, 6 through 8, 10 through 15, 17, 20 through 22,
and 24 through 28 stand rejected under U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Xu in view of Berson and Barkan. Claims 4, 5,
18 and 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Xu, Berson and Barkan, and further in view of
Roustaei. Claims 9 and 23 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Xu, Berson and Barkan, and further in
view of Smith.
5
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007