Appeal No. 2004-0021 Page 4
Application No. 09/246,193
what subject matter is described by the reference. As set forth by the court in Kalman
v. Kimberly-Clark Corp., 713 F.2d 760, 772, 218 USPQ 781, 789 (Fed. Cir. 1983), cert.
denied, 465 U.S. 1026 (1984), it is only necessary for the claims to "'read on' something
disclosed in the reference, i.e., all limitations of the claim are found in the reference, or
'fully met' by it."
Claims 1 and 2 read as follows:
1. An apparatus for imaging photons and neutrons, comprising:
a first plate having an axis of rotation, said first plate having a first grid;
a second plate having an axis of rotation coinciding with the axis of
rotation of said first plate, said second plate having a second grid, said second
grid is aligned with said first grid;
means for simultaneously rotating said first and second plate and
translating said first plate relative to said second plate; and
a detector, said detector is aligned with said axes of rotation.
2. An apparatus for imaging photons and neutrons, comprising:
a first plate having an axis of rotation, said first plate having a first real grid
and a first imaginary grid;
a second plate having an axis of rotation coinciding with the axis of
rotation of said first plate, said second plate having a second real grid aligned
with said first real grid and a second imaginary grid aligned with said first
imaginary grid;
means for simultaneously rotating said first and second plate and
translating said first plate relative to said second plate; and
a detector, said detector is aligned with said axes of rotation.
Oda discloses an imaging device which uses no image forming optical system.
A grid system 25 including an objective grid array 22 with a plurality of coplanarly
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