Appeal 2006-3404
Application 10/601,715
3. Examiner has read the key limitation mentioned above on the
Klotz reference as follows:
Klotz clearly shows in Fig. 2 that the collision avoidance
array (formed at least in part by sensor plates 300 and
focusing shield 400) is disposed on the detector face.
Klotz illustrates this feature through the unlabeled
structures securing the shield 400 to the detector face,
where the detector face is the bottom of assembly 125,
facing the subject, as described in col. 3, lines 38-40.
(Answer 10).
4. Reviewing the Klotz reference, especially Figures 2, 3A, 3B
and 3, we note radiation detector assembly 125 which includes
“the circular tube-like structure of collar assembly 130.” (col.
4, l. 46). Examiner asserts that the collision avoidance array of
Klotz includes the sensor plates, 300, and the shield plate
elements, 400, which are part of the sensor system, and help
focus the electric field for improved sensing capabilities of the
array. (Answer 11). This avoidance array is said to be
“disposed on the detecting face of the detector.”
5. For purposes of examination, the Examiner may impart a
reasonably broad interpretation to the claims, and need not read
limitations of the specification into the claims. See In re Zletz,
cited below under Principles of Law. Examiner is reading the
radiation detector assembly 125 of Klotz as the claimed
detector, including the part 130 that extends toward the subject,
and the collision avoidance array to comprise sensor plate
elements 300 and shield plate elements 400. We find this a
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