Appeal No. 1998-0634
Application 08/455,667
"interpolating means for interpolating the image signal . . .
according to the result of said correlation detecting means."
It is also noted that latches 11 and 12, in figures 7 and
55, hold two 4-bit (16 tone levels) image data D0 and D1
representing two neighboring pixels (col. 18, lines 29-35),
not two units each containing four pixels. Appellant
correctly notes (RBr10-11) that the number 4 next to the slash
on the IMAGE DATA line into latches 11 and 12 indicates the
number of bits in the bus, not the number of samples. Thus,
the Examiner errs in finding that Abe teaches "a plurality of
units, each . . . consisting of a plurality of pixels," as
claimed.
In summary, the Examiner erred in finding that Abe
anticipates claim 11. The references to Parulski and Tai,
which are applied to the dependent claims, do not cure the
deficiencies of Abe with respect to the rejection of the
independent claims. The rejections of claims 11-43 are
reversed.
NEW GROUND OF REJECTION PURSUANT TO 37 CFR § 1.196(b)
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