Ex parte HOSOMIZU et al. - Page 2




          Appeal No. 95-3876                                                           
          Application 08/222,009                                                       

                   This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the                   
          examiner's rejection of claims 8-15, all of appellants'                      
          pending claims, under § 103 for unpatentability over prior                   
          art.  References hereinafter to appellants' brief are to the                 
          substitute  appeal brief filed November 17, 1994.                            
                    The subject matter of the invention is an electronic               
          flash device which permits adjustment of the intensity of the                
          flash, thereby permitting the user to select both the shutter                
          speed and the aperture value (Spec. at 4, lines 2-7).                        
          Appella                                           nts' Figure 1              
          shows                                             flash control              
          circuit                                           ry for                     
          control                                           ling the                   
          intensi                                           ty of a xenon              
          flash                                             tube Xe in                 
          respons                                           e to flash                 
          control                                           signals emitted            
          by a                                              control circuit            
          7 located in the camera body:                                                





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