Ex parte KUNIMITSU et al. - Page 4

            Appeal No. 1997-2311                                                                          
            Application No. 07/978,957                                                                    


            integration.”  We agree.  Seto is completely silent concerning                                
            integration in block 5 of the binarization output from block                                  
            4.          In summary, the obviousness rejection of record can                               
            not stand on the examiner’s unfounded assumptions concerning                                  
            the teachings of Seto.                                                                        
                                                DECISION                                                  
                  The decision of the examiner rejecting claims 1 through 3                               
            under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.                                                            
                                               REVERSED                                                  




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