Appeal No. 1998-1520
Application No. 08/632,638
portion) and a control means for receiving the location data, determining ultrasonic test
data parameters corresponding to the display location data, filtering out portions of the test
data based on the test data parameters and the format of a second display portion and
causing the second display portion to update the display of ultrasonic data by displaying
portions of the ultrasonic test data that have not been filtered out.
As the examiner points out, either one of the Green references discloses a system
for analyzing and displaying ultrasonic test data where test data is simultaneously
displayed in at least two display portions. Further, Green ‘347 clearly shows, in Figure 5,
input devices responsive to an operator’s input. It might even be argued that the zoom
feature of Green ‘347 (pushbutton switch 90 in Figure 5) could be considered as “filtering
out portions of the ultrasonic test data.”
However, we agree with appellant, at page 10 of the principal brief, that “the Green
references do not provide an operator with the ability to select locations on the test data
display, filter the test data based upon the selected locations, or update the display data in
response to the selections performed by the operator.” Clearly, there is no such teaching
or suggestion in either of the Green references and the examiner has pointed to nothing in
these references that would convince us otherwise.
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