Appeal No. 2001-1855
Application No. 08/897,440
BACKGROUND
The invention is directed to an image editing apparatus (e.g., within a color
copying machine) capable of registering a texture pattern from a document.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced below.
1. An image editing apparatus, comprising:
means for obtaining image data;
means for displaying said obtained image data;
means for designating a part of said displayed image data; and
means for registering said designated part of image data as pattern data
for use in editing an image.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Wolf et al. (Wolf) 5,459,832 Oct. 17, 1995
Ohmura 5,666,207 Sep. 9, 1997
(filed Apr. 25, 1995)
Hamanaka et al. (Hamanaka) 5,712,713 Jan. 27, 1998
(filed Mar. 17, 1995)
Claims 1-14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Hamanaka and Wolf.
Claims 15-28 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Hamanaka, Wolf, and Ohmura.
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