Ex parte GIORGIANNI et al. - Page 4




          Appeal No. 96-3087                                                          
          Application 08/059,060                                                      


          values; and                                                                 
               f)  adjusting said surround-adjusted colorimetric values               
          in accordance with the difference between the adaptive white                
          point chromaticities specified for the input-image viewing                  
          environment and the encoded-image viewing environment to form               
          intermediary color-image data encoding values; and                          
               g)  forming at least one transform by relating said                    
          colorimetrically-specified test color values to said                        
          corresponding intermediary color-image data encoding values.                

               The references relied on by the examiner are:                          
          Carlucci et al.(Carlucci)     5,191,645           March  2, 1993            
          Rolleston et al.(Rolleston)   5,305,119           April 19,1994             
               Claims 24 through 46 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §                  
          103 .2                                                                        
          As evidence of obviousness, the examiner offers Carlucci and                
          Rolleston [answer, page 2].                                                 
               Reference is made to the appellants' brief and the                     
          examiner's answer for their respective positions.                           
                                   OPINION                                            
               We have carefully considered the entire record before us,              
          and we will reverse the obviousness rejection of claims 24                  
          through 46.                                                                 

               2The examiner has withdrawn the rejections of these claims under 35 U.S.C. §
          112, second paragraph [answer, page 2].                                     
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