The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written
for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte ROBERT G. GANN
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Appeal No. 2006-2199
Application No. 09/845,391
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ON BRIEF
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Before HAIRSTON, JERRY SMITH and MACDONALD, Administrative Patent Judges.
HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 6, 8 and 9.
The disclosed invention relates to a photosensor assembly that includes a
plurality of sets of lines of photosensors. Each set comprises at least a first line and a
second line, and the photosensors in the first line and in the second line have
substantially the same pitch. The photosensors in the first line are offset relative to the
photosensors in the second line by approximately one-half the pitch, and the spectral
bandwidth of the light received by the first line of photosensors differs from the spectral
bandwidth of the light received by the second line of photosensors.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it reads as follows:
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