Appeal No. 2004-2142
Application No. 09/220,736
that it would have been obvious to place the claimed elements in
the specific arrangement recited in the instant claims, i.e.,
with a lens positioned a spaced distance from an illuminated area
on the object, an aperture stop positioned so that it is
substantially co-planar with the image side focal plane of the
lens, and an occluding element positioned between the lens and
the illuminated area on the object so that the occluding element
blocks a predetermined amount of light from the brightly
illuminated region but does not substantially block light from
the less brightly illuminated region.
Accordingly, the examiner’s decision is reversed.
REVERSED
KENNETH W. HAIRSTON )
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ERROL A. KRASS ) BOARD OF PATENT
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MAHSHID D. SAADAT )
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