Ex parte VAN DER VALK - Page 3




          Appeal No. 96-4092                                                          
          Application 08/278,363                                                      



          values of pixels surrounding a given pixel having first pixel               
          color values; and                                                           
                    means for supplying one of the second pixel color                 
          values if a respectively corresponding one of the first pixel               
          color values is larger than said one of the second pixel color              
          values, and for determining whether the first pixel color                   
          values exceed the respectively corresponding second pixel                   
          color values for not more than one color;                                   
                    wherein for correcting color signals of of [sic]                  
          more than one color, the means for supplying comprises further              
          means for supplying said one of the second pixel color values               
          only if the respectively corresponding first pixel color                    
          values exceed the second pixel color values for not more than               
          one color.                                                                  
                    The Examiner relies on the following references:                  
          Meise et al. (Meise)           4,481,539         Nov.   6,                  
          1984                                                                        
          Schulz et al. (Schulz)         4,485,399         Nov.  27,                  
          1984                                                                        
          Lougheed                       4,541,116         Sept. 10,                  
          1985                                                                        
          Sudo et al. (Sudo)             5,144,446         Sept.  1,                  
          1992                                                                        


                    Claims 1, 2, 4, 6 and 7 stand rejected under 35                   
          U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Lougheed in view of                 
          Sudo and Meise.  Claim 3 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103              
          as being unpatentable over Lougheed and Sudo in view of Meise               



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