Ex parte LEIB - Page 3




                     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.                                                                                                                                           
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