Appeal No. 2002-0652
Application No. 08/465,072
further processing by the geometric module 110A, it is unclear
how element 110R would act "in response to" the image information
output by the spacial module. Furthermore, none of the blocks
110 in Figure 110A, for example, is described in the disclosure
as capable of performing interpolation. The disclosure does
define temporal interpolation as generating initial conditions
for each field (see page 248 and 258), distinguishes between
temporal and spatial interpolation (see page 248), and describes
an interpolation routine (see pages 269-278 and 281-282), but
does not support a temporal interpolation circuit functioning in
response to spatially interpolated image information or a
temporal interpolation step in response to spatially interpolated
image information. Accordingly, we agree with the examiner that
the disclosure lacks written description support for claims 105
and 190.
Claim 191 adds a step to the end of the process of claim
191. As we found no written description support for claim 190,
we likewise find no such support for claim 191. Similarly, claim
177 is similar to claim 190 except that it includes further steps
between the step of storing input image information and the step
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