Appeal No. 1999-0296 Page 12
Application No. 08/483,552
Plane ....” (Examiner’s Answer at 11.) Furthermore, the
examiner’s broad, conclusory opinion that the claimed neutral
plane is a point within Robinson’s tolerance of fusion of
images does not meet the requirement for actual evidence.
He fails to allege, let alone show, moreover, that
Anderson cures the deficiency of Robinson. Because the latter
reference does not disclose a neutral plane, we are not
persuaded that the teachings from the applied prior art
disclose or would have suggested the limitations of “means for
adjusting the distance between said optical axes while
adjusting focal length of the zoom lenses to hold a location
of the neutral plane substantially constant[;]” “a control
mechanism which adjusts disparity while adjusting focal length
of the zoom lenses to hold a location of the neutral plane
substantially constant[;]” “a control mechanism which adjusts
disparity to hold a location of the neutral plane
substantially constant when the distance of the camera to the
scene changes[;]” “adjusting camera separation while adjusting
the zoom lenses to hold a location of the neutral plane
substantially constant[;]” “adjusting disparity while
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