Appeal No. 2006-1095 Page 3
Application No. 10/280,188
Dietz et al. (Dietz) 6,442,319 Aug. 27, 2002
Izumi et al. (Izumi) US 2003/0207567 Nov. 6, 2003
(eff. filing date May 22, 2002)
The examiner has provided the following additional references as extrinsic
evidence to support a finding of inherent anticipation:
• Hartman 4,940,328 Jul. 10, 1990
(see Hartman, col. 2, lines 6-18 and col. 4, lines 12-51)
• Worth et al., “Surface Desensitization of Polarimetric Waveguide
Interferomers”, IEEE Journal of Selected Topic In Quantum Electronics,
Vol. 7, No. 6, November/December 2001, pages 874-877.
• Newman et al., “Silicon-on-insulator integrated optical biosensors for
environmental monitoring”, IEEE Colloquium on Optical Techniques for
Environmental Monitoring, 15, November 1995, pages 3/1 – 3/6.
The following rejections are on appeal before us:
1. Claims 1, 12-15 and 18-23 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
as being anticipated by Boiarski [answer, pages 4 and 5].
2. Claim 1, 2, 12-15, 18-20, 22 and 23 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(e) as being anticipated by Dietz [answer, pages 5-7].
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