Appeal No. 1997-1577 Page 14
Application No. 07/941,466
hard copies of computer generated images was well known.
However, notwithstanding the fact that printing out a hard
copy of a database was per se well known, none of the
reference relied upon by the examiner teach or suggest
generating a hard copy of the navigational chart which is
correlated to the non-real-world visual database. Nor is
there persuasive evidence advanced by the examiner to support
the obviousness of modifying the combined teachings of Dawson
considered with Thompson, Seki, and Rymer to create the
claimed method of generating a hard copy of a navigational
chart correlated to the non-real-world visual database. The
claimed method steps require more than the per se printing of
a hard copy of a database. More than mere assertions are
required by the examiner when the difference is argued to be
the appellants’ invention.
We therefore find that the examiner has not met the
initial burden of establishing a prima facie case of
obviousness of the claimed invention. Accordingly, the
rejection of claim 1 is reversed. As claim 6, the other
independent claim, contains identical language, the rejection
of claim 6 under 35 U.S.C.
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