Appeal No. 95-1220
Application 07/972,279
disclosed in columns 6 through 9 will extract the object
boundary. Therefore, we find that Boone would have suggested
to those skilled in the art to modify the Boone optical-
digital signal processor with the Peppers slit and detector
array so as to use the Boone algorithm to extract a feature
from an object, the boundary of the object, as recited in
Appellants’ claim 24.
In view of the foregoing, the decision of the Exami-
ner rejecting claims 1, 7, 14 and 24 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is
affirmed; however, the decision of the Examiner rejecting
claims 2, 3, 5, 8 through 10, 13 and 15 through 23 under
35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.
No time period for taking any subsequent action in
connection with this appeal may be extended under 37 CFR
§ 1.136(a).
AFFIRMED-IN-PART
KENNETH W. HAIRSTON )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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