Appeal No. 96-1455
Application No. 08/218,279
invention is expressly suggested in any one or all of the
references; rather, the test is what the combined teachings of
the references would have suggested to those of ordinary skill
in the art. See In re Keller, 642 F.2d 413, 425, 208 USPQ
871, 881 (CCPA 1981).
With this as background, we analyze the prior art applied
by the Examiner in the rejection of the claims on appeal.
The Yoshiwaka reference is discussed in appellants'
specification at pages 1-2, and page 10 discusses the system
of Yoshiwaka regarding the importance and recordation of the
designated aspect ratio with the images on the medium.
Yoshiwaka discloses the importance of knowing the designated
aspect ratio. (See paragraph 0005 of translation.) Markings
indicating the designated aspect ratios are provided either
inside, outside or to the periphery of the print image. (See
paragraphs 0011-0013.) Yoshiwaka discloses the examples of
the markings as dots and lines. Yoshiwaka also discloses that
the storage of designated aspect ratio and other useful
information, such as date and exposure, may be stored on a
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