Appeal No. 96-0882
Application No. 07/885,217
§ 102 as anticipated by Saito. Third, Claims 13 and 14 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as anticipated by Umeda. We will
address the three rejections in that order.
Anticipation by Gale
Claims 1-5 and 12-19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102
as anticipated by Gale. Claims 1-5 recite an apparatus for
printing an image suitable for display through a lenticular face
plate. A lenticular image contains interleaved linear portions
(e.g., scan lines) of at least two different images. The angle
of viewing through the lenticular face plate determines which
image is visible. Claims 12-17 recite a method of printing a
depth image, which contains interleaved linear portions of
stereoscopically related images. Claims 18-19 recite a depth
image apparatus including a lenticular overlay.
According to the examiner, Gale anticipates all of the
claims. Examiner’s Answer at 3.
Appellants argue among other things that Gale does not use a
lenticular face plate for display of an image and does not
disclose a depth image apparatus or any method of printing depth
images. Appeal Brief at 13 and 17-18. The examiner dismisses
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