Appeal No. 2000-0125
Application No. 08/681,646
predetermined value of the design attribute of the prestored digital image and the
analysis of the design attribute of said customer generated digital image, to
establish a predetermined relationship between said predetermined value of said
design attribute of said prestored digital image and said analyzed value of said
design attribute of said customer generated digital image;
g) merging said customer generated digital image with said prestored
digital image into a merged digital image with said predetermined relationship
between said predetermined value and said analyzed value; and
h) forwarding said merged digital image to said output means.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Oshikoshi et al. (Oshikoshi) 5,042,078 Aug. 20, 1991
Ohnishi et al. (Ohnishi) 5,631,983 May 20, 1997
(filed Mar. 30, 1995)
Hirota 5,657,395 Aug. 12, 1997
(filed Jan. 9, 1995)
Claims 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 12, 14, and 15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as
being anticipated by Oshikoshi.
Claims 6 and 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Oshikoshi and Hirota.
Claim 3 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Oshikoshi and Ohnishi.
We refer to the Final Rejection (mailed Jan. 6, 1999) and the Examiner's Answer
(mailed Jun. 22, 1999) for a statement of the examiner's position and to the Brief (filed
Jun. 1, 1999) for appellants’ position with respect to the claims which stand rejected.
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