Appeal No. 96-1463
Application 08/048,181
of the screen to the upper portion of the screen by movement
of the cursor with a mouse.
Hernandez does indeed disclose polygon shifting, polygon
deformation, and polygon rotation, but the polygonal shapes 21
through 23 are not displayed on any other images as set forth
in parts iii through vi of claim 1 and parts iii through v of
claim 9 (Brief, page 7). In view of this deficiency in the
teachings of Hernandez, we are not convinced by the examiner's
reasoning that it would have been obvious to the skilled
artisan to combine Iwasaki with Hernandez "to manipulate the
displayed plurality of images by rotating, moving or deforming
the polygon to a desired locations [sic, location]" (Answer,
page 4). Stated differently, we do not agree with the
examiner that the skilled artisan would have modified the
specific image synthesizer teachings of Iwasaki with the
polygonal image editing teachings of Hernandez. If the
teachings of the two references are combined in the manner
suggested by the examiner, we are not even certain what type
of device would result from such disparate teachings. In
summary, we agree with appellant that:
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