Appeal No. 1997-3223
Application 08/228,050
been explained by the examiner nor can we discern it on our
own. To the extent that Tuy and the other references may be
construed in some way to teach or suggest the claimed medial
axis, there is no apparent teaching or showing to us that the
references would have displayed any resulting display data set
such that it would pass through the claimed medial axis
points, another feature recited in both independent claims 21
and 29 on appeal.
In view of the foregoing, it is apparent that the
examiner has not established a prima facie case of obviousness
of independent claims 21 and 29 on appeal. Therefore, we must
reverse the rejection of these claims as well as dependant
claims 22-28. The decision of the examiner is reversed.
REVERSED
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