Ex parte MADDEN et al. - Page 5




                 Appeal No. 1998-2679                                                                                                                   
                 Application No. 08/148,765                                                                                                             
                 of color primaries and having second colorimetric properties                                                                           
                 different from said first colorimetric properties;                                                                                     
                          c.       applying a transform to each of said intermediary                                                                    
                 color-image signals to form modified intermediary color-image                                                                          
                 signals having consistent shadow-to-highlight characteristics                                                                          
                 for colored objects within, coincident with and outside the                                                                            
                 chromatically (sic, chromaticity) gamut; and                                                                                           
                          d.       transforming all said modified intermediary color-                                                                   
                 image signals to form color-image signals corresponding to                                                                             
                 said second set of color primaries.                                                                                                    


                          The Examiner relies on the following reference:                                                                               
                 Newman et al. (Newman)                                5,432,906                                    July 11,                            
                 1995                                                                                                                                   
                                                              (effective filing date Sept. 28,                                                          
                 1990)                                                                                                                                  
                          Claims 1-3 and 5-10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102                                                                      
                 as being anticipated by Newman.                                                                                                        
                          Rather than repeat the positions and the arguments of                                                                         
                 Appellants and the Examiner, we make reference to the briefs                                                2                          
                 and the answers for the respective positions.                                                                                          


                                                                   OPINION                                                                              

                          2A reply brief (Paper No. 15) and a Supplemental Reply                                                                        
                 Brief (Paper No. 17) were filed.  Both have been entered into                                                                          
                 the record.  A Supplemental Examiner's Answer was mailed as                                                                            
                 Paper                                                                                                                                  
                 No. 16, however, no further arguments by the Examiner were                                                                             
                 made in response to the supplemental reply brief.                                                                                      
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