Appeal No. 1998-0292
Application No. 08/209,633
controlling said contrast value as a function of said
preassigned brightness value; and
feeding said modified gray scale values to a display
device for displaying a modified gray scale
value image of said area of investigation.
The Examiner relies on the following references:
Mayo, Jr. (Mayo) 4,789,831 Dec. 6, 1988
Burke 5,042,077 Aug. 20, 1991
Bleck, J.S., et al., “Artifact Resistant Grey Scale Windows in
Clinical Ultrasound of the Liver,” Book of Abstracts, 19th
International Symposium on Acoustical Imaging, April 3-5, 1991,
p. MB3/4-P5. (Bleck)
Claims 1, 2, 12 and 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102
as being anticipated by Burke. Claims 3 to 8 and 14 to 19 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Burke and Bleck. Claims 9
to 11 and 20 to 22 stand rejected over Burke and Mayo.
Rather than repeat the arguments of Appellants and the
Examiner, we make reference to the brief and the answer for the
respective details thereof.
OPINION
We have considered the rejections advanced by the
Examiner and the supporting arguments. We have, likewise,
reviewed the Appellants’ arguments set forth in the brief.
We affirm.
In our analysis, we are guided by the precedence of our
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