Appeal No. 1999-2640
Application 08/918,267
Claim 1 is reproduced below.
1. A method of generating a texture for a plurality of
positions within a coordinate range, consisting of the
steps of:
generating, in response to a plurality of line
segments, a plurality of line coordinates within the
coordinate range, the plurality of line segments
including line segments in differing planes to provide a
three-dimensional appearance;
generating, in response to said line coordinates, a
position value for each position within the coordinate
range; and
generating, in response to each position value, a
texture value for each position within the coordinate
range.
The Examiner relies on the following references:
Kato et al. (Kato) 5,369,736 November 29, 1994
(filed November 22, 1993)
Thier et al. (Thier) 5,410,644 April 25, 1995
(effective filing date March 29, 1990)
Foley et al. (Foley), Computer Graphics: Principles and
Practice (2d ed. Addison-Wesley Pub. Co. 1990),
pp. 617-647, 666-669, and 740-743.
Claims 1, 2, 4-6, 8, 9, and 11-13 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Kato, Foley,
and Thier.
We refer to the final rejection (Paper No. 15) (pages
referred to as "FR__") and the examiner's answer (Paper
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