Appeal Number: 2006-3176
Application Number: 10/203,620
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. §134 from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 1 and 3 through 14, which are all of the claims pending in this
application.
We REVERSE and ENTER A NEW GROUND OF REJECTION UNDER
37 CFR § 41.50(b).
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to an illuminator for plant growth that
illuminates a plant with pulse light from a light emitting diode or continuous light
with varying intensity to accelerate photosynthetic reaction, thereby activating the
plant. (Spec. 1). An understanding of the invention can be derived from a
reading of exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced below.
1. An illumination method for plant growth, comprising steps of
providing a light source composed of a semiconductor optical device;
modulating light generated by the light source with a rhythm signal
extracted from a musical composition produced artificially, and
illuminating a plant to be illuminated with the modulated light;
wherein said rhythm signal produced artificially indicates sound
length, pitch or stress according to a certain musical time or rule.
PRIOR ART
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Norifumi JP 09-275779 Oct. 28, 1997
Ryuichi JP 10-178899 Jul. 7, 1998
Shinji JP 08-089084 Apr. 9, 1996
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