Appeal No. 98-1396
Application 08/300,666
claimed ROMs. Moreover, the motivation set forth by the Examiner is merely a conclusion
without supporting reasoning. (See Answer at page 7.)
Alternatively, assuming arguendo that the combination of references is proper, we
find that the combination of references do not teach the common elements as set
forth in the language of the independent claims. The Examiner has stated that "Ohuchi
does not disclose the specific structure/design including a second ROM, a counter and
a latch." (See Answer at page 6.) We do not find even a first ROM in Ohuchi which is
"input by the input means for storing pixel values at prescribed addresses." (See claim 23,
paragraph 3.) Ohuchi merely discloses the use of the ROM for the rotation and packing of
the output data. (See col. 2, lines 29-30.) Furthermore, Ohuchi does not disclose the use
of prior pixels by "a second ROM for similarly storing previous pixel values" nor the
combination of the "[l]atch means to which the ROMs are output" and
"wherein [a]dder means is interposed between the ROMs and said [l]atch means to
execute addition mapping." (see Claim 23.)
Hackett does not provide these missing teachings from Ohuchi. Regarding the
correlation of Hackett to limitations in the claims, the Examiner has stated that "the scaler
means also includes a first ROM input by [an] input means for storing pixel values at
prescribed address (Figure 5:8); a second ROM for similarly storing previous pixel values
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