Appeal No. 1997-2397 Application No. 08/061,286 part of complying with the burden of presenting a prima facie case of obviousness. Note In re Oetiker, 977 F.2d 1443, 1445, 24 USPQ2d 1443, 1444 (Fed. Cir. 1992). With respect to independent claims 1, 2, 13, 19, and 20, the Examiner, as the basis for the obviousness rejection, proposes to modify (Answer, page 6) the black and white to color conversion process of Nickell by relying on Geraci to supply the missing teachings of converting black and white color separation information to effect color trapping. 6Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007