Ex parte PALM et al. - Page 3




            Appeal No. 1999-1635                                                      
            Application No. 08/892,443                                                


                 b.  shifting one color plane of a first set with                     
            respect to less than all color planes of a second set;                    
            and                                                                       
                 c.  combining the color plane of said first set                      
            with color planes of said second set without color                        
            matrixing to produce a three dimensional color image.                     
                 The references relied on by the examiner are:                        
            Butterfield et al. (Butterfield) 4,734,756    Mar. 29,                    
            1988                                                                      
            Choquet                        5,140,415   Aug. 18,                       
            1992                                                                      
                 Claims 17, 23 and 29 through 37 stand rejected under                 
            35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Butterfield.                   
                 Claims 3 through 5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §                  
            103 as being unpatentable over Butterfield in view of                     
            Choquet.                                                                  
                 Reference is made to the final rejection (paper                      
            number 21), the brief (paper number 23) for appellants’                   
            position in response to the rejections, and the answer                    
            (paper number 24) for the examiner’s response to                          
            appellants’ position.                                                     
                                       OPINION                                        
                 We have carefully considered the entire record                       
            before us, and we will reverse the obviousness rejections                 

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