Appeal No. 1998-1110
Application No. 08/391,263
device comprising:
first means for parallel aggregation of selected ones of
said plurality of picture elements into first aggregates,
wherein each of said first aggregates includes a copy of more
than one of said picture elements; and
second means for parallel aggregation of said first
aggregates into second aggregates, wherein each second
aggregate includes a copy of more than one of said first
aggregates.
The Examiner relies on the following references:
Nickerson et al. 5,119,323 Jun. 2,
1992 Daher 5,327,254
Jul. 5, 1994
Adams et al.; "The Manipulation of Raster-Based Topographic
Data on a Parallel Processor"; Proceedings of IEEE Computer
Society Conference on Pattern Recognition and Image
Processing, PRIP-82 (Jun. 17, 1982); pp. 396-404
Claims 1-5 and 8-10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103(a) as being unpatentable over Nickerson et al. in view of
Adams
et al. and Daher. The Examiner's Answer contains no rejection
of claims 6 and 7. The rejection of those claims contained in
the Final Rejection is therefore considered withdrawn by the
Examiner and not before the Board.
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellants and the
Examiner, reference is made to the brief and answer for the
respective details thereof.
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