Appeal 2007-1132
Application 10/036,999
from a light system which provides the interrogating light of a power which
varies in response to the control signal characteristic;
(b) following step (a), scanning the interrogating light across multiple
sites on an array package including an addressable array of multiple
biopolymeric features of different moieties, which scanned sites include
multiple features of the array;
(c) detecting signals from respective scanned sites emitted in response
to the interrogating light; and
(d) altering the interrogating light power for a first site on the array
package during the array scanning using the calibration of step (a), based on
location of the first site or on a determination that the emitted signal from
the first site will be outside a predetermined range absent the altering;
wherein the interrogating light power is altered during a row scan of
the interrogating light.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art references to show
unpatentability:
Lehman US 5,237,172 Aug. 17, 1993
Rava US 5,874,219 Feb. 23, 1999
Bengtsson US 6,078,390 Jun. 20, 2000
The rejections as presented by the Examiner are as follows:
1. Claims 1-5 and 18-20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C § 103(a) as
unpatentable over the combination of Bengtsson and Rava.
2. Claims 7-11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C § 103(a) as unpatentable over
the combination of Bengtsson, Rava, and Lehman.
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