Appeal No. 2000-2232
Application 08/483,928
ordinary skilled artisans without hindsight and would have
caused such a person naturally to combine known references.
The Examiner admits that claims 1-22 of the '101 patent11
do not disclose, inter alia, a printer electrically coupled to
the video recorder and reproducing device, or a manually
operated printing trigger that causes the printer to output a
hard copy of the image displayed on the screen as recited in
claims 21, 28 and 32. The Examiner then points to Lemelson 12
'563 for its teaching of a system for recording and
reproducing video information having a printer (111)
electrically coupled to the video recorder and reproduction
device, and a manually operated printing trigger that causes
the printer to output a hard copy of the image displayed on
the screen. The Examiner then finds that it would have been
obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the
invention to provide claims 1-22 of the '101 patent with the
printer to output a hard copy of the image displayed on the
screen so that the hard copy "can be given to friends and
11 Answer, page 5.
12 Answer, page 6.
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