Appeal 2007-2618
Application 10/713,178
Claim 1 illustrates Appellants’ invention of a hand-held laser fusion
welding assembly which comprises a laser reflection shield, and is
representative of the claims on appeal:
1. A hand-held laser fusion welding assembly for treating a
workpiece, comprising:
a main body dimensioned to be grasped by a hand and adapted to
couple to at least a laser delivery system;
a nozzle coupled to the main body and having an aperture through
which laser light from the laser delivery system may pass; and
a laser reflection shield coupled to, and at least partially surrounding,
either the nozzle or the main body, the laser reflection shield constructed at
least partially of a material that reflects at least a portion of the laser light
that passes through the nozzle aperture and is reflected by the workpiece,
and configured such that no section thereof surrounds any portion of the
laser light once the laser light passes through the aperture.
The Examiner relies upon the evidence in these references:
Ungar US 2,074,629 Mar. 23, 1937
Messer Griesheim GMBH GB 1 334 772 Oct. 24, 1973
(Messer Griesheim)
Sugiyama1 JP 59-87999 A May 21, 1984
Teeple, Jr. (Teeple) US 5,151,095 Sep. 29, 1992
Onodera2 JP 9-57482 A Mar. 4, 1997
Appellants request review of the following grounds of rejection under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) advanced on appeal (Br. 3):3
1 We refer to the translation of Sugiyama prepared for the USPTO by FLS,
Inc. (PTO 07-6234 August 2007).
2 We refer to the translation of Onodera prepared for the USPTO by FLS,
Inc. (PTO 07-6237 August 2007).
3 Appellants include claims “15-17” in the second ground of rejection. Br.
3. These claims were not included in this ground of rejection in the Office
Action. Office Action 3. The Examiner informed Appellants that these
claims were not included in the Office Communication mailed September 4,
2007.
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