Appeal No. 96-0882
Application No. 07/885,217
Anticipation by Umeda
Claims 13 and 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as
anticipated by Umeda.
In Claim 13's method a writing dot is elongated in the first
scan direction and foreshortened in the second scan direction.
The writing dot is scanned over a recording media producing
pixels directly on the recording media. In Claim 14's method the
“light beam resolution” is less in the second scan direction than
in the first scan direction.
The examiner states that “[t]he elongated dot or pixel
generation of Umeda et al. anticipates the method steps.”
Examiner’s Answer at 4.
The examiner does not explain which part of the Umeda
disclosure he is relying on. Appellants’ discussion of Umeda
(Brief at 20-22) suggests they believe he is relying on Figure 9.
This figure shows a single pixel formed by plural overlapping
scans of a writing dot, which Umeda refers to as a beam spot.
Column 7, lines 16-24. Since Umeda’s discussion of this figure
(col. 7, lines 10-24) fails to state otherwise, we assume that
the beam spot used to form the pixel depicted therein is circular
in shape. However, Umeda explains that the beam spot can be
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