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          Appeal No. 2006-2848                                                        
          Application No. 09/999,791                                                  

          implementing an image capture procedure for a digital image                 
          capture device.  The image capture procedure enumerates a                   
          plurality of predefined situations for capturing an image                   
          associated with a predefined event.  An understanding of the                
          invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary independent            
          claim 1, which is reproduced as follows:                                    
               1. An image capture device, comprising:                                
               a user interface device; and                                           
               logic comprising information corresponding to an image                 
          capture procedure, the image capture procedure enumerating a                
          plurality of predefined situations for capturing an image, the              
          plurality of predefined situations for capturing an image                   
          associated with a predefined event;                                         
               logic for enabling a user to generate the image capture                
          procedure via the user interface device;                                    
               logic for displaying the image capture procedure on the user           
          interface device; and                                                       
               logic for capturing an image.                                          
               The following references are relied on by the Examiner:                
          Anderson      6,222,538  Apr. 24, 2001                                      
          Steinberg et al. (Steinberg)  6,750,902  June 15, 2004                      
                                                  (filed Dec. 20, 1999)               
               Claims 1-4, 6 and 10-20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.                 
          § 102(e) as being anticipated by Anderson.2                                 
                                                                                     
               2 Anderson is also a reference under 35 U.S.C. § 102(a) as it was      
          published prior to the filing date of the instant application.              
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