Appeal No. 97-0181
Application No. 08/245,613
(e) utilizing the order and magnitudes of a sequence of said gray level
values for a group of successive pixels along said first axis (i) to resolve said
ambiguity to determine, for each said cell coverage pixel, the order of its
said complementary inside and outside portions along said first axis and (ii)
to derive cell edge position data;
(f) deriving cell position data for said cell using step (e) cell edge
position data; and
(g) utilizing said cell position data from step (f) to provide a virtual
image of said cell.
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The prior art references of record relied upon by the Examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
DeForest et al. (DeForest) 4,720,745 Jan. 19, 1988
Longacre, Jr. et al. (Longacre) 5,286,960 Feb. 15, 1994
Klancnik et al. (Klancnik) 5,329,105 Jul. 12, 1994
(Filing date Aug. 10, 1992)
Batterman et al. (Batterman) 5,378,883 Jan. 03, 1995
(Filing date Jul. 19, 1991)
Claims 2-5, 7, 11 and 22-24 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Batterman in view of Longacre. Claims 2-5, 7-11 and 22-24 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Batterman in view of
2The Examiner has listed Chandler et al. patent (5,296, 690) in the references relied upon, but not
applied this reference in the rejection. We base our decision on only those references actually relied upon
in the rejections.
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