Ex parte MAGUIRE - Page 19




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


                                   Claim 16 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being                                                                             
                          unpatentable over Bajura in view of Sutherland and                                                                           
                          Ritchey and Ruoff.                                                                                                           
                 These rejections are all based upon Bajura and Sutherland as                                                                          
                 discussed above and the Examiner has only applied the                                                                                 
                 additional references in these rejections to the specific                                                                             
                 limitations added by these dependent claims.                                                                                          




                          Claims 1, 4-7, 9, 13 and 19-20 are also rejected under                                                                       
                 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Bajura in view of                                                                          
                 Deering.                                                                                                                              
                          Appellant has adopted  the arguments previously made20                                                                                      
                 pertaining to Bajura to this rejection.                                                                                               
                          In addition, Appellant asserts  that Deering has nothing21                                                                      
                 to do with real objects, but is completely directed to virtual                                                                        
                 objects, and does not suggest a computer and image processor                                                                          
                 having positions and geometric features of real objects                                                                               


                          20Brief, page 15.                                                                                                            
                          21Brief, page 16.                                                                                                            
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