Appeal No. 1999-2058
Application 08/433,643
from among the images displayed on the display means. Thus,
the computer program in Maayan is an "image area specifying
means for specifying image areas having density equal to or
higher than the lower limit value of image density set by the
image density lower limit setting means and equal to or lower
than the upper limit value of image density set by the image
density upper limit setting means from among the images
displayed on the display means." The assignment of a
predetermined intensity, such as white (255), to pixels having
gray levels within the window meets the limitation of "the
image area specifying means is adapted to data-process the
image data within an image data area corresponding to an image
area specified thereby and stored in the memory means so that
the image area can be displayed on the display means with
predetermined intensity," except, possibly, for the limitation
about memory, which is discussed infra.
The Examiner finds (FR4), and Appellants agree (Br6),
that Maayan fails to teach or suggest the claimed "image area
specifying means." We disagree. The Examiner's application
of Poulsen to show setting a rectangular box to specify an
area of interest for density analysis (quantitative analysis)
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