Appeal 2006-2514
Application 10/233,562
Appellants have invented a method and system for assessing a
neurological condition of a patient. At least one three-dimensional image of
a region of interest of the nervous system of the patient is taken, and at least
one biomarker is identified in the at least one three-dimensional image. At
least one quantitative measurement and at least one identification of the at
least one biomarker are derived. The identification and the quantitative
measurement of the at least one biomarker are stored in a storage medium.
Claim 1 is representative of the claims on appeal, and it reads as
follows:
1. A method for assessing a neurological condition of a patient, the
method comprising:
(a) taking at least one three-dimensional image of a region of interest
of the patient, the region of interest comprising part of the nervous system of
the patient;
(b) identifying, in the at least one three-dimensional image, at least
one biomarker of the nervous system of the patient;
(c) deriving at least one quantitative measurement of the at least one
biomarker; and
(d) storing an identification of the at least one biomarker and the at
least one quantitative measurement in a storage medium.
The Examiner rejected claims 1 to 24 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a).
The prior art relied upon by the Examiner in rejecting the claims on
appeal is:
Kennedy US 4,961,425 Oct. 9, 1990
Gilhuijs US 6,112,112 Aug. 29, 2000
Front US 6,368,331 Apr. 9, 2002
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