Appeal No. 1997-4047 Page 10
Application No. 08/309,508
signals to confine each component of reconverted (RGB) in a
dynamic range allowable for the component. This disclosure
teaches or would have suggested the claimed “means for
compensating at least one of said converted color signals in
said second color space in order to confine each component of
reconverted color signals in said first color space in a
dynamic range allowable for said component.”
For the foregoing reasons, we are not persuaded that the
teachings of the combinations of references in combination
with the prior art as a whole would not have suggested the
claimed limitation. The examiner has established a prima
facie case of obviousness. Therefore, we affirm the rejection
of claim 1 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
Regarding claims 2 and 3, the appellant notes that the
claims add “the features of compression and decompression
means. These features, as illustrated in Fig. 2, are
implemented after the intermediate color signals of the second
color space ... are compensated.” (Appeal Br. at 8.) He
argues, “in Walowit .... compensation occurs after the
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