Appeal No. 96-1766
Application 08/218,822
The Rejections on Appeal
Claims 1, 3, 4 and 7-10 stand finally rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Maurer.
The following three new grounds of rejection were entered
in the examiner’s answer:
(1) Claims 1, 3, 4 and 7-10 are rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable "over a well known photographic
technique in view of the acknowledged prior art";
(2) Claims 1, 3, 4 and 7-10 are rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 112, first paragraph, as lacking "support" in the
specification.
(3) Claims 1, 3, 4 and 7-10 are rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 112, second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to
particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter
which the applicant regards as the invention.
The Invention
The invention is directed to a method for producing
animated films. Specifically, cartoon characters are created
in real time by living actors wearing suits which are
invisible to the camera because of matte cinema photography
which excludes surfaces colored by a particular color, and a
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