Appeal No. 2000-0412
Application No. 09/046,200
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a flat bed image scanner. An understanding
of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which is
reproduced below.
1. A flat bed image scanner for scanning a document to obtain
data for digital processing, comprising:
a glass window for placing said document;
a contact image sensor for scanning said document;
at least two lubricating guide rails placed between said contact
image sensor and said glass window to reduce friction and to reduce
fluctuation in mechanical dimension between said contact image sensor
and said glass window when said contact image sensor slides along said
glass window;
a nest for recessing said contact image sensor;
an elastic element placed in said nest for pushing said contact
image sensor against said window; and
a sliding mechanism for sliding said nest so that contact image
sensor can scan said document.
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims is:
Itoh 5,734,483 Mar. 31, 1998
(Filed Sep. 17, 1996)
Claims 1-5 stand rejected under the judicially created doctrine of obviousness-
type double patenting as being unpatentable over claim 1 of U.S. Patent No.
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