Appeal No. 2004-0021 Page 2
Application No. 09/246,193
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention pertains to imaging systems or telescopes
(specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to
the appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Sato 3,682,283 Aug. 8, 1972
Oda et al. (Oda) 5,625,192 Apr. 29, 1997
Jeganathan et al. (Jeganathan) 5,844,700 Dec. 1, 1998
Claims 1 and 2 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by
Oda.
Claims 3, 4 and 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Oda in view of Jeganathan.
Claims 5 and 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Oda in view of Jeganathan as applied to claims 3 and 4 above, and further in view of
Sato.
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