Appeal No. 2005-0435
Application No. 09/359,523
Tamura is that they be rewritten based on the computed white
color balance. In that regard, we agree with Appellants (reply
brief, page 3) that such way of modifying the table values by
rewriting them is different from the claimed “modifying” and
provides no suggestion for generating new table addresses to
access a new table offset, or for modifying the values.
Therefore, we remain unconvinced by the Examiner’s position
that Takakura’s rewriting the color balance correction values,
sufficiently suggests modifying the table values based on the
computed color balance and the values. We note that independent
claims 8 and 16 include limitations related to modifying the
values in the look-up table in the same manner as recited in
claim 1 and discussed above. Accordingly, based on the
Examiner’s failure to establish a prima facie case of
obviousness, the 35 U.S.C. § 103 rejection of independent claims
1, 8 and 16, as well as claims 2-7, 9-15, 17 and 18, dependent
thereon, cannot be sustained.
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