Appeal No. 2006-1435 Page 2
Application No. 10/352,299
converting light fluoresced by the object into electrical
charges comprising a scanned image of the object; and
generating a data set defining the scanned image.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Liang et al. (Liang) 5,548,106 Aug. 20, 1996
Trulson et al. (Trulson) 5,834,758 Nov. 10, 1998
Sasanuma et al. (Sasanuma) 5,557,416 Sep. 17, 1997
Philyaw et al. (Philyaw) 6,758,398 July 06, 2004
(filed June 21, 2000)
The following rejections are on appeal before us:
1. Claims 1-5, 7-10, 13-18, 20-22 and 24-33 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by the
disclosure of Philyaw.
2. Claims 27, 29, 30 and 31 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by the disclosure of
Trulson.
3. Claims 1-5, 7-13 and 15-20 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by the disclosure of Liang.
4. Claims 28 and 32 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over the teachings of Trulson.
5. Claims 6, 14 and 21-34 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over the teachings of Liang.
6. Claims 1-34 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over the teachings of Sasanuma.
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