Appeal No. 2002-2169 Page 3
Application No. 09/163,286
a reference oscillator controlled by said pulse-per-second output
and providing a reference frequency with a timing accuracy directly related
to a timing accuracy of said atomic time standard;
an electronic distance meter having an EDM transmitter for
launching an out-bound signal to a distant target and an EDM receiver for
receiving a reflected signal from said distant target; and
a phase measurement device connected to the reference oscillator,
said EDM transmitter and said EDM receiver, and providing for a time
measurement of the difference between said out-bound signal and said
reflected signal using said reference frequency;
wherein, a distance-to-target measurement is computed with an
accuracy dependant on said timing accuracy of said atomic time standard.
Claims 5, 6, and 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶ 2, as indefinite.
Claims 6 and 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶ 1, as lacking an adequate
written description. Claims 6 and 12 also stand rejected under § 112, ¶ 1, as
nonenabled. Claims 1-7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious over U.S.
Patent No. 5,430,537 ("Liessner") and Using a New GPS Frequency Reference in
Frequency Calibration Operations, 1993 IEEE Int'l Frequency Control Symp., pp. 33-39
("Osterdock").
OPINION
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