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APPLICATION NO. FILING DATE FIRST NAMED INVENTOR ATTORNEY DOCKET NO. CONFIRMATION NO.

11/765,155 06/19/2007 Roland Ryf RYF 18 6960

TITLE OF INVENTION: COMPACT IMAGE PROJECTOR HAVING A MIRROR FOR REFLECTING RECEIVED BEAM FROM A POLARIZATION

BEAM SPLITTER BACK TO THE POLARIZATION BEAM SPLITTER (AS AMENDED)

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APPLICATION NO. FILING DATE FIRST NAMED INVENTOR ATTORNEY DOCKET NO. CONFIRMATION NO.

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PHILADELPHIA, PA 19102

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Notice ofAllowability

11/765,155 RYF, ROLAND

Examiner Art Unit

Que T. Le 2878

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Continuation Sheet (PTOL-37) Application No. 11/765,155

Continuation of Attachment(s) 3. Information Disclosure Statements (PTO/SB/08), Paper No./Mail Date: 6/15/09, 1/26/09, 6/25/08, 3/7/08,

2/14/08, 6/19/07.

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Art Unit: 2878

An examiner's amendment to the record appears below. Should the changes

and/or additions be unacceptable to applicant, an amendment may be filed as provided

by 37 CFR 1.312. To ensure consideration of such an amendment, it MUST be

submitted no later than the payment of the issue fee.

The title of the invention as been changed to: -Compact image projector having

a mirror for reflecting received beam from a polarization beam splitter back to the

polarization beam splitter-.

The following is an examiner's statement of reasons for allowance: The prior art

or record fails to teach a device and it method, among other features, comprising a

mirror adapted for reflecting a received beam from a polarization beam splitter back to

the polarization beam splitter in which a first quarter wave plate imparts on the reflected

beam a first polarization that causes the polarization beam splitter to direct the reflected

beam to a spatial light modulator, wherein the spatial light modulator is adapted to

spatially modulate the received beam from the polarization beam splitter and direct a

resulting spatially modulated beam back to the polarization beam splitter, and a second

quarter wave plate imparts on the spatially modulated beam a second polarization that

causes the polarization beam splitter to direct the spatially modulated beam to an output

port to form an output beam.

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

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accompany the issue fee. Such submissions should be clearly labeled "Comments on

Statement of Reasons for Allowance."

The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to

applicant's disclosure.

I) Miyatake 5,327,270 discloses a light projection system having a polarization

beam splitter with a plane mirror.

Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the

examiner should be directed to Que T. Le whose telephone number is (571) 272-2438.

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supervisor, Epps Georgia, can be reached at (571) 272-2328. The fax phone number

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/Que T. Le/

Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2878

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