Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
Prosecution Reopened
The indicated allowability of claims 1-14, 16, 17 and 21-24 is withdrawn in view of the newly discovered reference(s) to Ha et al. (CN 104503603 ). Rejections based on the newly cited reference(s) follow.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that form the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
A person shall be entitled to a patent unless –
(a)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale, or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claims 1, 2 and 14 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102 (a)(1) as being anticipated by Ha et al. (CN 104503603 A).
1. A radiation measurement device (the imaging apparatus 100), wherein the radiation measurement device comprises a scattering component (scattering device 130) and a first detector (imaging device 140), the scattering component is located between a radiation source of an imaging device and the first detector, and configured to scatter first radiation rays emitted by the radiation source into scattering rays; and the first detector is configured to collect first measurement data by detecting at least a portion of the scattering rays, the first measurement data reflecting an operation status of the radiation source (the operation status of the apparatus is self-manifested during capturing of images with the apparatus, i.e. the operation status is on during imaging capturing and the operation status is off during the off state of imaging apparatus.)
2. The radiation measurement device of claim 1, wherein the scattering component is further configured to transmit the first radiation rays into transmission rays; and the first detector is further configured to collect second measurement data by detecting at least a portion of the transmission rays, the second measurement data reflecting the operation status of the radiation source (imaging device 140 inherently detects all transmission rays from the scattering component. The operation status of the apparatus is a self-manifestation during capturing of images with the apparatus, i.e. the operation status is on during imaging capturing and the operation status is off during the off state of imaging apparatus.)
14. A radiation measurement device (in the two-dimensional image acquisition step, transmission radiation and scattered radiation pass through a second scattering device to be incident on the image device 140), wherein the radiation measurement device (figures 4 and 5) comprises a scattering component (scattering component 130) and a first detector (imaging device 140), the scattering component is located between a radiation source of an imaging device and the first detector (see figures 4 and 5), and configured to transmit first radiation rays emitted by the radiation source into transmission rays; and the first detector is configured to collect first measurement data by detecting at least a portion of the transmission rays, the first measurement data reflecting an operation status of the radiation source (the operation status of the radiation source 1100.. reveals itself during firing of the radiation source as shown in figure 4).
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
A patent for a claimed invention may not be obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed invention is not identically disclosed as set forth in section 102, if the differences between the claimed invention and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains. Patentability shall not be negated by the manner in which the invention was made.
Claims 3-4 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Ha et al. (CN 104503603 A) further in view of Lee, Won Ho (WO 2017105024 A).
Regarding claims 1 and 2, as mentioned above, Ha et al. teaches a measurement device with a scattering component positioned between a first detector and a radiation source of an imaging device. However, Ha et al. does not teach to include one or more detector units in the manner as required by claims 3 and 4. Lee, Won Ho teaches to use three detector units to detect the position and energy of the radiation such that positional information and the energy is made available. Given that both Ha and Lee, Won Ho both share a common inventive endeavor, anyone of ordinary skill in the art would have considered it obvious to further include one or more detecting units in Ha’s first detector, gleaming the advantageous mentioned in Lee, Won Ho. The motivation would have been to enhance detection accuracy.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 5-13, 16, 17 and 21-24 are objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
The following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter: Ha et al. does not teach the details of dependent claims 3-13, 16, 17 and 21-24.
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/DON K WONG/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2884
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