Appeal No. 2000-1735
Application No. 08/780,930
obviousness.
Independent claim 1 does recite a “first” and “second” mode. It further recites “a
first period defining means for defining a first predetermined period at a back end of
said line signal in said first mode” and “a second period defining means for defining a
second predetermined period at said front end of said line signal in said second mode.”
The examiner relies on Figure 4 of Hashimoto to show that the “leading” line signal is
shown at “ob2" while the “rear” is indicated at “ob1,” contending that the charges at the
“beginning of the register” are used for optical black in the zoomed mode while for the
normal mode, the “back of register” charges, “ob1" are used for optical black.
We agree with appellants, for the reasons set forth at pages 7-10 of the reply brief,
that it would appear that the beginning of the scan line, based at least on the direction of
the arrows at 102, would appear to be at “ob1" while the trailing, or rear, end would appear
to be at “ob2". If so, and the examiner has offered nothing to convince us of error in
appellants’ position, then the second predetermined period at the back end of the line
signal with the first predetermined period at the front end of the
line signal would appear to be just the opposite of what is claimed, i.e., a first
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