Appeal No. 1998-0883
Application 08/498,570
initial phases among the colors. Referring to
Figures 14A-14D, the first line is at the same position for
all four colors; thus, the initial phase is the same for all
colors. The same relationship is shown in Figures 31A-31D
and 33A-33D.
The Examiner has not shown that Usami has different
initial phases for the respective colors. The Final
Rejection and the statement of the rejection in the
Examiner's Answer do not address the limitation. In the
response to the arguments, the Examiner states that
Figure 8A shows that Usami recognized the problem of
unacceptable overlap of pixels which causes interference
patterns (EA11). Actually, the overlap in Figure 8A is
intentional; it is the deviation that causes undesirable
irregular interference between dots as shown in Figure 12
(col. 5, lines 24-33).
The Examiner points to Figures 24A and 24B for colors
that are non-overlapping (EA11). These figures show the
configurations for the individual colors. When the colors
are printed, the first row of pixels will overlap because
the rows start at the same initial position.
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