Ex parte MAGUIRE - Page 10




                 Appeal No. 1999-2698                                                                                                                   
                 Application 08/560,108                                                                                                                 


                 with sensed images (but of a real fetus with ultrasound, not a                                                                         
                 virtual object), one or more monitors responsive to the                                                                                
                 actions of the viewer acting as the cameraman, and a head                                                                              
                 mounted display responsive to the integrated image signal for                                                                          
                 providing integrated images of the object space with the                                                                               
                 images of the fetus.                                                                                                                   
                          Furthermore, Appellant admits  that Bajura suggests a non-8                                                                         
                 real-time image, such as a building or addition before                                                                                 
                 construction, in "other applications" under Section 6.2 on                                                                             
                 page 209.  This non-real-time image would most likely be                                                                               
                 prestored and                                                                                                                          
                 be of virtual objects.  However, Appellant contends that                                                                               
                 Bajura fails to suggest prestoring positions and geometric                                                                             
                 features of real objects in a computer model.                                                                                          
                          Appellant then contends  that a person of ordinary skill9                                                                                    
                 in this art in possession of both Bajura and Sutherland would                                                                          
                 not use the prestored images of Sutherland to modify Bajura to                                                                         
                 carry                                                                                                                                  


                          8Brief, page 7; Reply Brief, page 2.                                                                                          
                          9Brief, page 8.                                                                                                               
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