Appeal No. 1999-0296 Page 9
Application No. 08/483,552
He fails to allege, let alone show, moreover, that
Anderson cures the deficiency of Robinson. Because the latter
reference does not disclose maintaining spacing between right
and left objective lenses or cameras at a fixed fraction of a
distance to a targeted object, we are not persuaded that the
teachings from the applied prior art would have suggested the
limitations of “means for maintaining spacing between said
left objective lens and said right objective lens a fixed
fraction of a distance to a targeted object[;]” “a control
mechanism, connected to said left camera, said right camera
and said rangefinder, maintaining spacing between said left
camera and said right camera at a fixed fraction of a
distance, specified by said rangefinder, to an object[;]”
“maintaining spacing between said left camera and said right
camera at a fixed fraction of a distance to a targeted
object[;]” or “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.” Therefore, we reverse the rejection of claims 1, 2,
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