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: 7Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007