Appeal No. 1998-2990
Application No. 08/433,642
Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it
reads as follows:
1. An image analyzing apparatus comprising image data
storing means for storing image data, display means for
displaying an image based on image data selected from the
image data stored in the image data storing means and
processed in a predetermined manner, graphic data storing
means for storing graphic data corresponding to a
plurality of patterns to be displayed on the display
means, quantitative processing means for quantitatively
processing image data corresponding to the images
contained in regions of interest defined by the patterns,
quantitative data storing means for storing quantitative
data produced by the quantitative processing means, and
background management means for producing and storing
background data relating to background values
corresponding to noise components for each of the
patterns.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Shiraishi et al. (Shiraishi) 4,777,597 Oct. 11,
1988
Endo et al. (Endo) 5,012,521 Apr. 30,
1991
Lee et al. (Lee) 5,012,333 Apr. 30,
1991
Poulsen et al. (Poulsen) 5,420,628 May 30,
1995
(effective filing date of Feb. 4,
1993)
Claims 1 through 6, 8 through 12, 15, 16, 21 through 26
and 28 through 31 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Poulsen in view of Endo.
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