Appeal No. 1999-1893
Application No. 08/192,306
Reference is made to the briefs and the answer for the
respective positions of the appellants and the examiner.
OPINION
The obviousness rejection of claims 48 through 55 is
reversed.
We agree with the examiner (Answer, pages 4 and 5) that
Sato discloses an image processing system with a detachable
editing apparatus. A portable image reader (Figure 5) is
moved by hand over an original document to read image data
from the original document 35. The scanned image data is
stored in memory package 17 (Figures 1 and 3 through 5). We
likewise agree with the examiner that an external device can
be connected to the output unit 4, and that Sato would
inherently include connecting parts for connecting the
external unit to the image reader. We also agree with the
examiner (Answer, pages 4 and 5) that control unit 10 is a
data processing means, that input unit 3, control unit 10 and
connector 7 form an editing machine, and the “connector 7
connects the memory card 17 with the editing machine (column 7
lines 40-56 and see Figure 1),” and that the editing machine,
therefore, has holding parts for holding the memory card 17.
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