Appeal No. 1999-0296 Page 7
Application No. 08/483,552
left camera and said right camera at a fixed fraction of a
distance, specified by said rangefinder, to an object.” Also
similarly, claims 9-11 specify in pertinent part the following
limitations: “maintaining spacing between said left camera and
said right
camera at a fixed fraction of a distance to a targeted
object.” Further similarly, claim 14 specifies in pertinent
part the following limitations: “using a left camera and a
right camera with parallel optical axes and a range finder,
maintaining spacing between said left camera and said right
camera at a fixed fraction of a distance, specified by said
rangefinder, to an object.” Accordingly, claims 1, 2, 6, 9-
11, and 14 require inter alia maintaining spacing between left
and right cameras or left and right objective lenses at a
fixed fraction of a distance to a targeted object.
The examiner fails to show a teaching or suggestion of
the limitations in the applied prior art. “The range of
sources available ... does not diminish the requirement for
actual evidence. That is, the showing must be clear and
particular. See, e.g., C.R. Bard, 157 F.3d at 1352, 48 USPQ2d
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