Appeal No. 1999-0299
Application No. 08/353,413
projectors as recited in the language of claim 1. We find that the examiner’s reliance upon
columns 8 and 10 of Kline is in error and that the “off axis mode” does not teach or suggest
the claimed invention. Rather, this merely teaches the horizontal placement of the
projectors on opposite sides of the middle projector for symmetry and projecting from the
ceiling to the flat screen. Due to the examiner's reliance on Kline to teach or suggest the
vertical alignment of the projectors, the examiner has not provided evidence or a separate
line of reasoning for such a configuration. Since no line of reasoning is established by the
examiner and the prior art does not provide such a motivation, the examiner has not
established a prima facie case of obviousness, and we cannot sustain the rejection of
claims 1-4.
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