Appeal No. 1997-3225
Application No. 08/351,218
We next turn to the rejection of claims 83 and 84 under 1
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Lee and Lavagetto.
On page 12 of the brief, Appellants argue that “[c]laim
83 recites that the aspects are tiepoints” and “ [n]othing in
the references teaches or suggests tiepoints.” Appellants
assert on page 12 of the brief that tiepoints are a useful
part of the invention as they avoid having the head bobbing
which would otherwise occur in the animation.
Claim 83 adds to claim 1 the limitation “wherein the
aspects are tiepoints.” As we have previously held Lee’s set
of points S are considered to meet the claimed “aspects.”
Also, as we have previously stated Lee’s warp function maps
these points from one image to the next, and as such the
points smoothly transition
1 The scope claim 84 as presented cannot be determined as
the limitation “said processor” lacks antecedent basis.
However, we do not need to determine the scope of claim 84 as
claim 84 falls with claim 83.
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