Appeal No. 2001-2575
Application No. 09/074,545
The Examiner relies on the following references in rejecting
the claims:
Normile et al. (Normile) 5,212,742 May. 18, 1993
Meriwether et al. (Meriwether) 5,671,435 Oct. 18, 1994
Kuroshima et al. (Kuroshima) 5,500,923 Mar. 19, 1996
Hirano et al. (Hirano) 5,553,277 Sep. 3, 1996
Pearlman et al. (Pearlman) 5,764,807 Jun. 9, 1998
(filed Sep. 14, 1995)
James, D. Murray et al. (Murray), “Encyclopedia of Graphics
File Formats,” second edition, O’Reilly & Associates, Inc., 1996,
p. 164.
Claims 1-3, 6, 13-15, 18-22, 25, 26, 30, 33 and 35 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Hirano in view of Normile and Kuroshima.
Claims 5, 17 and 24 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Hirano, Normile and Kuroshima in view
of Meriwether.
Claims 32, 36-39, 50, 52-54, 56, 57, 59-61 and 63 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Hirano, Normile and Kuroshima in view of Murray.
Claims 27 and 28 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Hirano, Normile and Kuroshima in view of
Pearlman.
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