Appeal No. 1998-0660 Application No. 08/584,501 1239 (Fed. Cir. 1995) (citing W. L. Gore & Assocs., Inc. v. Garlock, Inc., 721 F.2d 1540, 1548, 220 USPQ 303, 309 (Fed. Cir. 1983), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 851 (1984)). With respect to claim 1, the Examiner reasons that APA teaches the claimed system with “selectivity” in performing these operations being inherent (answer-page 3). The Examiner explains that the inherent “selectivity” exists inasmuch as the customer selects whether or not to enter a ride equipped with the described photographing system; or alternatively, to provide the customer with the option of whether or not to be photographed in order to avoid objections by customers who choose not to be photographed would be an expedient obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art (answer-page 4). The Examiner acknowledges that APA does not provide a networking element, in which several capture stations feed images to one output station and hardware supporting this operation. The Examiner cites Maeda for this teaching in that Maeda collects and stores digital images using a network connecting digital image sources to a central controller and output device (answer-pages 3 and 4). 5Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007