Appeal No. 1999-2040
Application No. 08/475,023 Page 9
component or plural components. Such a determination is
irrelevant in the context of the Spaulding system, which is only
concerned with mapping from an input color value to an output
color value. In this mapping process, it does not matter whether
the input and/or output color values comprise a single component
or multiple components." Although we agree with the examiner,
for the reasons set forth on pages 14 and 15 of the answer, that
the equation 1<M<N is met by Spaulding, from all of the above, we
find that the examiner has failed to establish a prima facie case
of anticipation of claim 1.
We turn next to independent claim 9. Spaulding discloses
(col. 7, line 53 through col. 8, line 3) that the transformation
sequence includes the steps of forming a transform for the input
color values that are neutral, forming a transform for
transforming a plurality of highly saturated input color values
to the desired output values, and forming a transform of the
remaining colors using as boundary values the transform values
that are neutral, and the transform for the highly saturated
input color values. Spaulding further discloses in figure 17 a
grid of lightness and saturation values at some specific hue
angle corresponding to one of the primary colors (col. 9, lines
32-34). The term "primary colors" (col. 7, lines 4-7, see also
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