Appeal No. 2004-1944 Page 2
Application No. 09/255,673
derived from a reading of exemplary claim 32, which is reproduced
below.
32. A method for testing a sample of biologic fluid,
comprising the steps of:
providing a container for holding the sample, said container
having a chamber with a first wall and a transparent second wall,
one or more features operable to enable the testing of the
biologic fluid sample at least one of which is located at a known
spatial location within said chamber, and a label attached to
said container, said label containing information which is used
in the performance of one or more tests, wherein said information
includes said known spatial location of said feature;
providing a reader module that includes a label reader for
reading said label and a field illuminator for selectively
illuminating one or more fields of the sample, each sample field
having a known or ascertainable area;
depositing said sample within said chamber, wherein said
sample quiescently resides in said chamber thereafter during the
testing;
reading said label with said label reader, thereby
communicating to said reader module said information which is
used in the performance of said one or more tests, including said
known spatial location of said feature; and
selectively imaging one or more of said fields of the sample
using said field illuminator, including said field of the sample
in which said feature is disposed at said known spatial location
within said chamber.
The sole prior art reference of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims is:
Merkh et al. (Merkh) 5,281,540 Jan. 25, 1994
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