Appeal No. 96-1455
Application No. 08/218,279
inclusion of an alphanumeric description of image related
information including aspect ratio. (See answer at page 14-
15.) This would have been an "alphabetic description" of the
aspect ratio on image prints. The language of the claim is
not limited to specific words or abbreviations, such as,
ordered alphabetic description.
Appellants argue at page 5, line 36, and page 6, line 5,
that neither the Yoshikawa nor Hicks reference teaches
alphabetic description of the designated aspect ratio. We
agree that the two references do not individually teach
appellants' claimed invention as recited in appellants' claim
1. However, the Examiner is not relying on Yoshikawa or Hicks
alone to meet appellants' claim 1. The examiner has provided
a motivation for the combination of references and we agree
with the Examiner.
Upon evaluation of all the evidence before us, it is our
conclusion that the evidence adduced by the Examiner is
sufficient to establish a prima facie case of obviousness with
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