Appeal No. 1998-1317 Application No. 08/522,112 The Examiner relies on the following references: Davida et al. (Davida) 4,275,265 Jun. 23, 1981 Guberman et al. (Guberman) 5,313,527 May 17, 1994 Huttenlocher et al. (Huttenlocher) 5,384,863 Jan. 24, 1995 Stroke, “Optical computing,” IEEE Spectrum, 24-41 (Dec. 1972). Russ, The Image Processing Handbook, 199-201 (2nd ed., Boca Raton, FL, CRC Press, Inc., 1995). Claim 8 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Guberman in view of Huttenlocher and further in view of Davida and Stroke, and claim 9 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over the noted combination of references combined with Russ. Rather than reiterate all arguments of Appellant and the Examiner, reference is made to the briefs and answer for the 1 respective details thereof. OPINION 1 See the Appeal Brief filed May 29, 1997, and the Reply Brief filed October 16, 1997. Examiner mailed an Office communication on November 12, 1997, stating that the Reply Brief has been entered. 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007