Appeal No. 2006-1020
Application No. 09/899,066
for example, to prevent picture quality deterioration or
adjust lens sensitivity in view of changing light
intensity. A mere difference between the filter types of
Beis and Chino does not preclude a combination of Beis’s
light intensity mode and Chino’s zoom control method,
especially considering that the method of Chino solves the
very problem known, at the time of the invention, to be
caused by Beis’s changing light intensity modes, namely,
focus error.
Accordingly, the examiner’s decision rejecting claims
1-5, 9, 11-13, 17 and 26-27 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is
affirmed.
Rejection of Claims 6-8, 10, 14-16, 18-25 and 28
The examiner relies on the combination of Mizoguchi
with Beis and Chino for a method of incorporating an
optical low pass filter (OLPF). Mizoguchi teaches a method
of inserting an OLPF when photographing in color to
eliminate false color and removing an OLPF when
photographing in black and white to attain high resolution
(Col. 8 lines 35-50).
Appellant argues that Mizoguchi fails to teach this
method; however appellant is merely pointing to an
alternative method in the background of Mizoguchi involving
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