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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 .
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 and 4 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated
by Fujiwara et al “Performance Evaluation of CPFSK Transmitters for TDM-Based Digital Coherent PON Upstream”, cited by applicant.
Regarding claims 1 and 4, referring to Figure 1, Fujiwara et al teaches an optical transmission device (i.e., Burst mode CPFSK transmitter, Fig. 1) comprising:
a modulation signal generator (i.e., Fig. 1) configured to generation unit that generates generate an intensity modulation signal and a continuous phase frequency shift keying (CPFSK) signal;
a light source (i.e., light source DFB-LD, Fig. 1) configured to that outputs output a signal modulated by the CPFSK signal; and
an intensity modulator (i.e., EA modulator, Fig. 1) configured to modulation unit that performs perform intensity modulation for canceling an intensity modulation component generated by modulation by the CPFSK signal, and intensity modulation by the intensity modulation signal, on the signal output from the light source (i.e., Fig. 1, see under section Burst mode CPFSK transmitter, and see under conclusion section).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claim 3 is 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.
Claim 2 is allowed.
The following is an examiner’s statement of reasons for allowance:
Claim 2 is allowable because Fujiwara et al, Kawanishi et al (US Patent No. 7,957,653), and Kim et al (US Patent No. 7,450,860), takes alone or in combination, fails to teach an optical transmission device including: a modulation signal generator configured to generate an intensity modulation signal and a continuous phase frequency shift keying (CPFSK) signal; a light source configured to output a signal modulated by the CPFSK signal; and an intensity modulator configured to perform intensity modulation for canceling an intensity modulation component generated by modulation by the CPFSK signal, and intensity modulation by the intensity modulation signal, on the signal output from the light source; and an optical reception device including: a receiver configured to perform polarization separation and phase separation on a signal received from the optical transmission device; and a signal processor configured to decode the
intensity modulation signal and the CPFSK signal on a basis of signals subjected to the polarization separation and the phase separation.
Any comments considered necessary by applicant must be submitted no later than the payment of the issue fee and, to avoid processing delays, should preferably accompany the issue fee. Such submissions should be clearly labeled “Comments on Statement of Reasons for Allowance.”
Conclusion
7. The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to
applicant's disclosure.
Kananishi et al (US Patent No. 7,957,653) discloses phase control optical FSK modulator.
Kim et al (US Patent No. 7,450,860) discloses apparatus and method for frequyency shift keying optical transmission.
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examiner should be directed to Hanh Phan whose telephone number is (571)272-
3035. If attempts to reach the examiner by telephone are unsuccessful the
examiner's supervisor, Kenneth Vanderpuye, can be reached on (571)272-3078.
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/HANH PHAN/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2634
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