Appeal No. 2006-2199
Application No. 09/845,391
1. A photosensor assembly, comprising:
a plurality of sets of lines of photosensors, each set
comprising at least a first line and a second line, where
photosensors in the first line and second line have
substantially the same pitch, and where photosensors in the
first line are offset relative to photosensors in the second
line by approximately one-half the pitch, and where the
spectral bandwidth of light received by the first line is
different than the spectral bandwidth of the light received
by the second line.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Nakamura et al. (Nakamura) 5,025,282 June 18, 1991
Kusaka et al. (Kusaka) 5,652,664 July 29, 1997
Decker et al. (Decker) 6,570,615 May 27, 2003
Claims 1 through 4 and 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Decker in view of Nakamura.
Claims 5, 8 and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable
over Decker in view of Nakamura and Kusaka.
Reference is made to the briefs and the answer for the respective positions of the
appellant and the examiner.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the entire record before us, and we will reverse the
obviousness rejections of claims 1 through 6, 8 and 9.
We agree with the examiner’s finding (answer, page 3) that Decker describes a
photosensor assembly (Figure 2) that comprises “a plurality of sets of lines of photo-
sensors, each set comprising at least a first line and a second line, where photo-
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