Appeal No. 98-1474 Page 7
Application No. 08/579,385
re Gorman, 933 F.2d 982, 987, 18 USPQ2d 1885, 1888 (Fed. Cir.
1991)).
Here, the examiner alleges that Bollman teaches testing
signals to determine if the background uses non-black colorant
at column 6, lines 38-43. (Examiner's Answer at 4-5.) The
reference, however, belies the allegation. Although Bollman
teaches testing signals specifying colorants, the signals do
not indicate black colorants, and the testing does not
determine if a background is to be printed using a non black
colorant. To the contrary, the signals indicate only non
black colorants, viz., red, green, and blue (r, g, b). Col.
6, l. 41. Further to the contrary, the testing determines
whether a pixel is in the foreground or the background.
Specifically, "at step 250, a determination is made as to
whether each color the look up table
color in the selected area is a background or foreground color
...." Id. at ll. 39-41.
Because Bollman teaches indicating only non black
colorants and determining whether a pixel is in the foreground
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