Appeal No. 1998-0634
Application 08/455,667
interpolating according to the result of the correlation
detection, and forming plural multi-pixel groups are
explicitly recited in claim 38 and, therefore, the arguments
in support of the patentability of claim 11 are equally
applicable to claim 38. We address claim 11 as the
representative claim.
"Anticipation is established only when a single prior art
reference discloses, expressly or under principles of
inherency, each and every element of a claimed invention."
RCA Corp. v. Applied Digital Data Systems, Inc., 730 F.2d
1440, 1444, 221 USPQ 385, 388 (Fed. Cir. 1984).
The Examiner finds (at FR2-3, EA5, and EA12) the
"correlation detecting means" to read on the ROM selection
circuit 405 shown in figure 55, and the textual disclosure at
column 25, lines 6-8, and 29-40, column 24, lines 7-65, and
column 22, lines 7-22. Appellant argues (Br9-12; RBr4) that
Abe does not disclose "correlation detecting means for
detecting degree of correlation between the plurality of units
formed by said forming means" and demonstrates that none of
the portions of Abe relied upon by the Examiner teach
detecting correlation between groups of input pixels.
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