Appeal No. 1998-2554
Application 08/527,334
arrangement and camera controls of VanZeeland because it is a
known structure, or, alternatively, to provide the remote
control arrangement in VanZeeland with mixing of the camera
signals as taught in the APA to gain the advantage of viewing
several images at the same time. It would have been obvious
to provide a microphone, audio transmitter, and audio receiver
as taught by Brubaker to detect sound in the remote control
environment of the APA or VanZeeland.
We leave it to the Examiner to examine the patentability
of the other dependent claims.
CONCLUSION
The rejections of claims 2-5 and 7-12 are reversed.
New grounds of rejection have been entered against
claims 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, and 12 pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b).
This decision contains a new ground of rejection pursuant
to 37 CFR § 1.196(b)(amended effective Dec. 1, 1997, by final
rule notice, 62 Fed. Reg. 53,131, 53,197 (Oct. 10, 1997), 1203
Off. Gaz. Pat. & Trademark Office 63, 122 (Oct. 21, 1997)).
37 CFR § 1.196(b) provides that "[a] new ground of rejection
shall not be considered final for purposes of judicial
review."
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