Appeal No. 2005-2572
Application No. 10/268,809
As indicated above, claim 18 recites a magnetic resonance
apparatus comprising a main field coil, a plurality of gradient
coils and a radio frequency receive coil. The appellant has not
cogently explained, and it is not apparent, why these elements
are not respectively met by the main field magnet 2, gradient
systems 3, 4 and 5, and receiving coil system 14 of Lüdeke’s MR
apparatus. Although claim 18 contains language relating to a
medical instrument and its associated coil, capacitor, resonant
circuit and optoelectrical converter, such language merely states
that radio frequency receive coil can receive signals from such
medical instrument and does not set forth these elements as part
of the claimed magnetic resonance apparatus. The appellant has
failed to point out, and it is not evident, why Lüdeke’s
receiving coil system 14 would not be inherently capable of
functioning in the same manner.
II. The 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) rejection of claims 1-3, 6 and 8-13 as
being unpatentable over Lüdeke
As conceded by the examiner (see page 3 in the answer),
Lüdeke does not meet the limitation in claim 1 requiring a
modulator for modulating the light signal applied to the RF
arrangement, the limitation in claim 6 requiring the light signal
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