Appeal No. 1999-0081
Application No. 08/506,645
means of this claim to operate in such a manner as “for
altering a range of positions of the video
signals within the picture based on the one-dimensional
coordinate data.” Correspondingly, in claim 5 the focus is on
the function of the picture processing means which “converts
one-dimensional information from the two-dimensional position
detection means into range data of the input video signals.”
As to both independent claims, the examiner’s position to
the rejection is best expressed at page 6 of the answer:
[The] SUPERPAINT reference clearly discloses
altering the range of position of the video signals
when the shift key is pressed. For example, at page
15, [the] SUPERPAINT reference discloses that the
shift key restricts the pencil’s trails to either
vertical or horizontal motion. The direction of the
constraint is based on the direction of the
pencils’s first motion. This feature clearly reads
on the limitation of “for altering a range of
position of the video signals within the picture
based on the one-dimensional coordinate data when
the switch is in the second state” as required in
[the] claims.
The examiner’s statement as to the shift key restricting
the pencil’s trail to either vertical or horizontal motion is
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