Appeal No. 96-0139
Application 08/037,683
releasably) on the camera body. However, we do not agree with
the examiner that Kondo’s color video display circuit 10 and
CRT 20 are disclosed as being attached to the camera body; the
physical location of these elements relative to video camera 1
is not disclosed. The examiner did not argue, and appellants
did not address, the obviousness, in view of Maemori, of
mounting Kondo’s color video display circuit 10 and CRT 20 on
video camera 1 for the purpose of permitting them to function
as the claimed viewfinder. As a result, we will not consider
that issue.
For the foregoing reasons, we will not sustain the
examiner’s rejection of the appealed claims for obviousness
over Kondo in view of Maemori.
We note in passing that the record contains a reference
that differs from Kondo by clearly disclosing a VTR having a
built-in video camera whose analog output signals are
converted to digital format prior to be sent to an electronic
viewfinder that employs an analog display device:
Kinugasa et al. 5,060,074 October 22,
1991
(filed October 10, 1990)
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