Ex parte CRANE et al. - Page 7




          Appeal No. 1998-1397                                       Page 7           
          Application No. 08/482,905                                                  


          The examiner replies, “it merely [sic] an obvious engineering               
          choice in selecting the labels for the video scenes because                 
          the number of the ‘labels’ for identifying the particular                   
          video scene can be selected by the editor.”  (Examiner’s                    
          Answer at 11.)                                                              


               Claims 21-28 and 41 each specify in pertinent part the                 
          following limitations:                                                      
                    transferring only a portion of a first video                      
               scene from the video source device to the storage                      
               device, the portion being a plurality of sequential                    
               video frames of the first video scene;                                 
                    ...                                                               
                    automatically transferring only a portion of a                    
               second video scene from the video source device to                     
               the storage device when needed, the portion being a                    
               plurality of sequential video frames of the second                     
               video scene ....                                                       
          Similarly, claims 29-40 and 42 each specify in pertinent part               
          the following limitations:                                                  
                    means for transferring only a portion of a first                  
               video scene from the video source device to the                        
               storage device, the portion being a plurality of                       
               sequential video frames of the first video scene;                      
                    ...                                                               
                    means for automatically transferring only a portion               
               of a second video scene from the video source device to                
               the storage device when needed by the processing unit,                 
               the portion being a plurality of sequential video frames               
               of the second video scene ....                                         







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