Appeal No. 2004-2230
Application No. 09/742,269
Invention
Appellant’s invention relates to a system for transmitting high-power pumping light to
remotely feed a fiber amplifier having an amplifier fiber. The system comprising a plurality of
pumping light sources having different wavelengths, at least one coupling device, and a plurality
of optical fibers connecting the plurality of pumping light sources to the at least one coupling
device, for parallel transmission of the pumping signals into the fiber amplifier of the amplifier
fiber. Appellant’s specification at page 2, line 25, through page 3, line 9.
Claim 1 is representative of the claimed invention and is reproduced as follows:
A configuration for transmitting high-power pumping light for remotely
feeding a fiber amplifier having an amplifier fiber, the configuration
comprising:
a plurality of pumping-light source having different wavelengths;
at least one remote coupling device adjacent the fiber amplifier; and
a plurality of optical fibers connecting said plurality of pumping-light
sources to said least one remote coupling device, for parallel transmission
of the pumping signals into the amplifier fiber of the fiber amplifier.
References
The references relied on by the Examiner are as follows:
Grubb et al. (Grubb) 5,920,423 July 6, 1999
Rejections At Issue
Claims 1-4 and 6-7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as being anticipated by Grubb.
Claim 5 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being obvious over the Grubb patent.
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