Appeal No. 1997-2774
Application No. 08/080,471
background frame store 34" (see column 5, lines 17-20).
Beaulier further reveals (column 5, lines 43-48) that keyer 52
is used "to mix the [background] image [from background frame
store 34] with a caption stored by caption frame store 32, and
then to return the single still frame composite mixed image to
background frame store 34."
The examiner insists (Answer, page 13) that Beaulier's
keyer 52, which mixes the two types of data, "reads on ... 'a
means for augmenting ....'" However, keyer 52 does not have
the same function as the disclosed elements for appellant's
claimed means, as required by In re Donaldson Co., as it mixes
the image and caption data to form a new composite image
rather than augmenting, or adding to, the digital image data
wherein the two types of data remain distinct. Furthermore,
Coutta fails to cure Beaulier's deficiency, since Coutta
discloses (column 4, lines 47-52) combining the camera output
(which is an analog signal) and the date/time generator output
using a video mixer, and there is no evidence of record that
combining analog video signals has corresponding structure to
that used for processing digital signals. Thus, neither
reference suggests any structure which could be construed as
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