Appeal No. 2005-2111 4
Application No. 09/827,454
and
said communications station having a plurality of broad area intra-cavity
phase conjugators arranged in an array.
The examiner relies on the following references:
AKKAPEDDI US 4,949,056 A AUG. 14, 1990
DAMEN et al. (DAMEN) US 5,675,436 A OCT. 07, 1997
MACDONALD US 5,519,723 A MAY 21, 1996
PEPPER et al. (PEPPER) US 5,038,359 A AUG. 06, 1991
SHARP et al. (SHARP) US 5,317,442 A MAY 31, 1994
WATANABE US 5,920,588 A JUL. 06, 1999
Vasil’ev, Peter P. and Ian H. White. “Phase-conjugation broad area twin-contact
semiconductor laser.” Applied Physics Letters, vol. 71, no. 1, 07 July 1997, pp. 40-
42.
Claims 1-49 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As evidence of obviousness,
the examiner offers Akkapeddi and Vasil’ev with regard to claims 18, 19, and 21, adding
Watanabe to this combination with regard to claims 20, 48, and 49, but adding Damen to
the combination with regard to claims 22 and 23. With regard to claims 1-7, 9-14, 16, 17,
40, 41, and 45, the examiner relies on Akkapeddi, Vasil’ev, and Pepper, adding Watanabe
to this combination with regard to claims 8, 15, 46, and 47. The examiner offers
Watanabe, Vasil’ev and MacDonald with regard to claims 24 and 26-33, adding Damen to
this combination with regard to claim 25. The examiner offers Sharp and Vasil’ev with
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