Appeal No. 2003-0303
Application 09/096,521
which are all of the claims remaining in this application.
Claims 15 and 20 through 29 have been canceled.
Appellants’ invention relates to phantoms for use
in optical and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) quality
control. The specification (page 1) informs us that a
phantom is a test object that simulates some aspect of the
anatomy of interest. An objective of appellants’ invention
is to provide a phantom that emulates the optical character-
istics of breast tissue, that resembles the breast in shape
and size, and that can be scanned by MRI and another
modality (optical imaging device) to verify its make-up.
Independent claims 1 and 12 are representative of the
subject matter on appeal and a copy of those claims can
be found in the Appendix to appellants’ brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by
the examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Madsen et al. (Madsen) 5,312,755 May 17, 1994
Nelson et al. (Nelson) 5,719,916 Feb. 17, 1998
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