Appeal No. 1999-2818
Application No. 08/502,037
means, responsive to the changed blitter description,
for generating computer instructions for converting source
image data in a first color format to target image data in a
second color format in a manner specified by the changed
blitter description; and
means, responsive to the blitter request, for
executing the computer instructions generated by the
generated means to convert the source image data to the
target image data in a manner specified by the changed
blitter description during the blitter operation.
The references relied upon by the examiner are:
Peaslee et al. (Peaslee) 5,276,798 Jan. 04,
1994
Harris 5,394,523 Feb. 28,
1995
Whitmer 5,604,850 Feb. 18,
1997
(filed Jul. 06,
1992) Katsura et al. (Katsura) 5,706,034 Jan.
06, 1998
(filed Dec. 19,
1994)
Claims 1, 3-22 and 24-29 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as unpatentable over Whitmer in view of Peaslee, Harris and
Katsura.
The respective positions of the examiner and the appellant
with regard to the propriety of these rejections are set forth in
the examiner’s answer (Paper No. 28) and the appellants’ brief
(Paper No. 27) and reply brief (Paper No. 29).
Appellants’ Invention
Appellants’ invention is adequately described at pages 2-4 of
the brief and is apparent from a reading of claim 1.
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