Ex parte LEMELSON - Page 16




                     Appeal No. 2000-2232                                                                                                                                              
                     Application 08/483,928                                                                                                                                            


                     movie cameras.                                                                                                                                                    
                                In addition, Appellant argues  that Camras does not           24                                                                                       
                     provide any motivation to combine a camera, display unit, and                                                                                                     
                     recording/reproduction device in a common housing.                                                                                                                
                                In the rejection, the Examiner states  "It would have                          25                                                                      
                     been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time                                                                                                      
                     of the invention to build all of the elements of Lemelson in a                                                                                                    
                     portable video recording unit in a manner as taught in Camras                                                                                                     
                     because Camras teaches an advantage of readily carrying about                                                                                                     
                     without difficulty with the portable video camera and such                                                                                                        
                     advantage being desirable to achieve efficient system                                                                                                             
                     operation in Lemelson."                                                                                                                                           
                                In response to Appellant's arguments the Examiner                                                                                                      
                     asserts  that Camras teaches that "a portable camera can26                                                                                                                                                 
                     supporting [sic] a variety [sic] separate elements such as                                                                                                        
                     camera, receiver, indicating means, and a control circuit.                                                                                                        
                     From the teaching of Camras, one of ordinary skill in the art                                                                                                     


                                24 Brief, page 5.                                                                                                                                      
                                25Answer, page 11.                                                                                                                                     
                                26 Answer, page 14.                                                                                                                                    
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