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Appeal No. 1999-2058
Application 08/433,643
suggest specifying image areas having densities between a
lower and upper density value (Br7).
As we have shown, Maayan teaches the claimed "image area
specifying means."
The Examiner finds (FR4) that Maayan fails to teach or
suggest "image storing means" and "memory means . . . for
temporarily storing the image data [to be processed by the
image area specifying means]" as claimed. The Examiner finds
that Poulsen teaches these features, noting column 4,
lines 10-20, and concludes that it would have been obvious to
combine Maayan and Poulsen "because storing the image data
allows for the data to be processed or called to the display
at a later time" (FR5).
Appellants argue that, in Maayan, the grey level window
is applied to pixels as they are generated (Br6). We
interpret this as arguing that Maayan does not have an "image
storing means" and "memory means." Appellants do not address
the Examiner's conclusion that it would have been obvious to
provide an image storing means and memory means in Maayan in
view of Poulsen. Accordingly, Appellants have not attempted
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