Appeal No. 2001-2416
Application No. 08/843,978
generated from the position information indicating the horizontal and vertical position on
the screen. As indicated by appellant, and in which we concur, the horizontal and
vertical positions on the screen are obtained from reading out the RAM 7 in
synchronization with the horizontal/vertical synchronization signal (column 6, lines
31-35). Appellant submits that in Kii’s system, not only the spot position indication
signal, but also the quadrants are locked to instants of occurrences of the synchronizing
pulses, and not to the actual position on the screen. This appears to be a reasonable
assessment and the examiner has not convinced us otherwise. If there is a clear
relationship between Kii’s spot position indication signal and the width of a scan or the
number of scanning lines, then, clearly, Kii does not suggest that the spot position
indication signal is “independent” of these things.
The examiner’s response is to note that appellant’s arguments are directed
against the references individually, rather than as a combination. We disagree. The
examiner has indicated that it is Kii which is relied on for the teaching of the spot
position indication signal being independent of the width of the scan or the number of
scanning lines (see page 3 of Paper No. 14). Accordingly, appellant correctly directs
the bulk of his argument towards showing that Kii does not, in fact, teach the
independence claimed. Moreover, appellant points out (brief-page 6) that neither
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