Appeal No. 96-1184
Application No. 08/128,568
The appellants' invention relates to a photographic
printing method in which photographic data is converted
according to recording format data. Claim 30 is illustrative
of the claimed invention, and it reads as follows:
30. A photographic printing method for printing an image
frame on a photosensitive material, the image frame being
placed on a photographic film by a camera which records
photographing data and recording format data on a recording
medium upon photographing, said method comprising the steps
of:
(a) reading the recording format data and the
photographic data from the recording medium;
(b) converting the photographic data based on the
recording format read in step (a) to produce converted
photographing data; and
(c) printing the image frame on the photosensitive
material based on the converted photographing data.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Rosborough, Jr. et al. 4,293,215 Oct. 06,
1981
(Rosborough)
von Stein et al. (von Stein) 4,403,854 Sep.
13, 1983
Terashita (Terashita I) 4,769,695 Sep.
06, 1988
Terashita et al. (Terashita II) 4,797,713 Jan. 10,
1989
Cloutier et al. (Cloutier) 5,130,745 Jul. 14,
1992
(Filed Apr. 12, 1991)
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