Appeal No. 1999-2698
Application 08/560,108
directed, and the "whereby" clause in the last paragraph of
claim 1 concludes with the "lag" being reduced, and these
limitations are not disclosed by the applied references.
In the rejection the Examiner admits that Bajura does14
not explicitly disclose that the graphic image signal is a
graphic prestored graphic image signal, and asserts that it is
well known in the art to generate a prestored virtual image
signal from a plurality of prestored virtual image signals as
shown by Sutherland. In addition, the Examiner asserts that
as Bajura suggests that the graphic image signal can be used
to preview buildings on site before construction or visualize
additions to existing architecture, it would have been obvious
to one of ordinary skill in the art to substitute Sutherland's
prestored virtual image signals for Bajura's real-time
generated ultrasound image display.
In reply to Appellant's argument that Bajura does not
show or suggest having positions and geometric features of
real objects prestored in a computer spatial model the
14Final rejection, page 3.
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