Appeal No. 2006-2172
Application No. 10/685,270
Claim 1 is illustrative of the invention and reads as follows:
1. A system for multiplexing or demultiplexing optical signals, comprising:
an optical fiber interface; and
a concentric spectrometer coupled to the optical fiber interface.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
Dragone et al. (Dragone) 6,263,127 Jul. 17, 2001
Xiang et al. (Xiang) 6,266,140 Jul. 24, 2001
Claims 1-9, all of the appealed claims, stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Dragone in view of Xiang.
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellants and the Examiner, reference is
made to the Briefs1 and Answer for the respective details.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the subject matter on appeal, the rejection advanced by
the Examiner and the evidence of obviousness relied upon by the Examiner as support for the
rejection. We have, likewise, reviewed and taken into consideration, in reaching our
decision, Appellants’ arguments set forth in the Briefs along with the Examiner’s rationale in
support of the rejection and arguments in rebuttal set forth in the Examiner’s Answer.
1 The Appeal Brief was filed November 28, 2005. In response to the Examiner’s
Answer mailed February 22, 2006, a Reply Brief was filed April 18, 2006, which was
acknowledged and entered by the Examiner as indicated in the communication dated May
15, 2006.
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