Appeal No. 96-1766
Application 08/218,822
Maurer would not have reasonably suggested the
appellant’s inventive concept because Maurer’s method
contemplates drawing directly on the face of an actress
(column 2, lines 33-35). Even though care is taken to
minimize 3-dimensional shading, the pictures taken relate very
much to the specific contours and outline of the particular
actor or actress playing the role of the cartoon character.
Moreover, Maurer’s method of painting directly on the face of
the actor or actress is antithetical to enveloping the actor
or actress in a body-suit except for small openings to permit
the actor or actress to see and breathe. Note that claim 1
specifically recites the step of:
A. enveloping the actor in a body suit dyed a
specific solid color which totally covers the actor
from head to toe except for small openings
permitting the actor to see and breathe.
For the foregoing reasons, we do not sustain the
rejection of claims 1, 3, 4 and 7-10 as being unpatentable
over Maurer.
Beginning on the last paragraph commencing on page 5 of
the examiner’s answer to line 7 on page 6, the examiner
describes what he regards as "[a] notoriously old and well
known photographic technique in the field of cinematography."
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