Ex parte KOYAMA et al. - Page 8




            Appeal No. 1999-2719                                                      
            Application No. 08/637,807                                                

            rationale requires that all of the recorded image data in                 
            Mankovitz be low resolution image data “to increase the                   
            recording density of the recording medium” (answer, page                  
            5).  As indicated supra, claims 1 and 13 require low                      
            resolution image data as well as high resolution image                    
            data.  For these reasons, the 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)                          
            rejection of claims 1 through 6 and 13 through 18 is                      
            reversed.                                                                 
                 Turning next to the 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) rejection of                  
            claims 25 through 30, the examiner is of the opinion                      
            (answer, pages 6 and 7) that Yoshimura discloses all of                   
            the limitations of claims 25 through 30 with the                          
            exception of low resolution image data.  The Official                     
            Notice relied on in connection with claims 1 through 6                    
            and 13 through 18 was again used in this rejection to                     
            demonstrate that it would have been obvious to one of                     
            ordinary skill in the art                                                 
            to modify Yoshimura’s video system so that it                             
            recorded/reproduced low resolution image data “to                         
            increase the recording density of the recording medium”                   
            (answer, page 7).                                                         

                                          8                                           





Page:  Previous  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  Next 

Last modified: November 3, 2007