Appeal No. 2006-1049
Application No. 09/667,826
61. The Examiner held that given the description of Lung:
It would have been obvious to facilitate assembly and maintenance by
providing the detector array and readout circuit as a single monolithic
integrated circuit. The use of output buffers would have depended on
the intended applications. It would have been obvious to enhance
versatility by providing means to adjust the reference voltage for the
differential amplifiers. Use of a fixed voltage is conventional.
62. The Examiner further held that given the description of Lung:
It would have been obvious to simplify assembly and maintenance by
structurally integrating the detector elements and readout circuit. The
Marsarik (sic) et al focal plane array uses pyroelectric detectors, but it
would have been obvious that their techniques of offset correction
would apply to other types of infrared detectors used in a focal plane
array, with the type of readout circuit used being dependent on the
type of detector. They amplify detector signals before correcting, but
it would have been obvious that the amplification step could have
been provided after the correction, with such being an obvious design
choice.
63. The Examiner advised applicants that claims 2-4, 8, 14-20, 24, 33-37,
and 45 would be allowable if written in independent form to include all the
limitations of the claims from which they depend.
64. On September 9, 1997, applicants filed an amendment responding to
the Examiner's first Office action.
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