Appeal No. 2004-2153
Application No. 09/923,510
Appellants’ invention is directed to an optical wireless
link providing a modulated light beam for conveying data packets
and beam alignment control packets time multiplexed into a single
packet stream, and to a system for communicating such a packet
stream between first and second data devices. Independent claims
9 and 22 are representative of the subject matter on appeal and a
copy those claims can be found in the Appendix to appellants’
brief.
The prior art references relied upon by the examiner in
rejecting the claims on appeal are:
Willebrand 6,239,888 May 29, 2001
Reichman et al. 6,535,716 Mar. 18, 2003
(Reichman) (filed: June 15, 1999)
Claims 9, 10, 12 through 14 and 22 through 25 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Willebrand in
view of Reichman.
Rather than attempt to reiterate the examiner's full
commentary with regard to the above-noted § 103 rejection and the
conflicting viewpoints advanced by appellants and the examiner
regarding that rejection, we make reference to the examiner's
answer (Paper No. 11, mailed January 29, 2004) for the reasoning
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