Appeal No. 2007-0400
Application 10/788,054
(Specification 6:26-7:4) (discussing the operation of the same components in the
embodiment depicted in Figure 1). Control module 70 is responsive to
measurement output signals M1-M3 generated by monitor amplifier 90 in response
to the monitor elements 300, 310, and 320 (id. at 7:20-31). If the control module
ascertains that the optical output power generated by the emission element 40 is
too low or that the operating current required to achieve the prescribed minimum
optical emission power is too high, the control module deduces that the emission
element 40 is defective, at which time it switches off emission element 40 and
switches on one of emission elements 50 and 60 (id. at 7:33-8:3).
THE CLAIMS
Claims 1 and 22 are the only independent claims, of which claim 22 reads:
22. A method for operating a redundant optical emission
module having at least two emission elements, comprising:
measuring the optical power of each emission element by a
solely assigned respective monitor element;
switching at least one of the emission elements to an active
state; and
switching at least one of the other emission elements to a
passive state in an emission mode of the emission module.
Because Appellant’s arguments regarding claim 22 (Br. 6-7) are the same as
the arguments regarding claim 1 (Br. 3-5) and both claims are rejected on the same
ground, we will limit our consideration of those two claims to claim 1 pursuant to
our authority under 37 C.F.R. § 41.37(c)(1)(vii) (2005).
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