Appeal No. 1998-1601
Application No. 08/679,595
In Konishi, it appears that while the reference teaches using index information and
generating an index file showing the relationship between detected index information and
a storage address of the image information, we find nothing in Konishi, and the examiner
has pointed to nothing therein, which suggests that the documents are automatically
processed in a manner so as to provide document image files “for each” of a plurality of
images on the document. We find nothing in Konishi that would indicate that anything
more than a complete document is indexed and scanned and then stored on microfilm, for
example.
Instant claim 1, on the other hand, requires a “form file” which comprises a location
for each of the blocks on the card reader kit. We find nothing in either Bodapati or Konishi
corresponding to the claimed “form file.” Moreover, claim 1 also requires that a master
image file be generated and then the master image file is processed “by using the form file
to generate a document image file for each of the small documents.” Thus, it is clear that
the instant claimed subject matter permits accessing portions of a scanned document, by
creating a document image file for each of a plurality of smaller documents existing on the
original scanned “document.” We find no such teaching or suggestion in either Bodapati
or Konishi or the combination thereof.
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