Ex parte IWAMURA et al. - Page 14




          Appeal No. 1997-3145                                      Page 14           
          Application No. 08/058,199                                                  


          predetermined information of claim 31).  However, as asserted               
          by appellants (brief, page 17) the combination of Hama, Berry,              
          and Waller does not teach or suggest the claimed "means for                 
          providing priority to one of a plurality of selected                        
          conditions . . . enlarged image display region."  We find no                
          teaching of this limitation in the prior art applied by the                 
          examiner, and the examiner has not pointed to any teaching in               
          the prior art that would suggest "means for providing priority              
          to one of a plurality of selected conditions . . . enlarged                 
          image display region."  Accordingly, we find that the examiner              
          has not established a prima facie case of obviousness of                    
          claims 5-12, 14-20, 22-26, and 31-36.  The rejection of claims              
          5-12, 14-20, 22-26, and 31-36 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is                      
          therefore reversed.                                                         
               We turn next to the rejection of dependent claim 19 under              
          35 U.S.C. § 103, where the examiner additionally relies upon                
          the teachings of Stadler.  As Stadler does not make up for the              
          deficiencies of the basic combination of Hama, Berry, and                   
          Waller, the rejection of claim 19 is therefore reversed.                    
               We turn next to the rejection of claims 27-30 under 35                 
          U.S.C. § 103, where the examiner additionally relies upon                   







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