Appeal No. 2002-1460
Application 09/040,510
digital converters are stored in a digital image storage memory
34. A digital computer 36 then reads from the image storage
memory 34 the digital image signals and then processes these
signals to be supplied to digital-to-analog converters 66 which
then supply the analog signals to the output scanning device 68
to reproduce the process color image on a light sensitive media
such as a color photographic paper. Thus, Alkofer’s scanner
simply scans a color negative, processes the scanned signal and
then supplies the processed scanned signal to be exposed on a
light sensitive color photographic paper. The entire process
does not teach or suggest storing any of the intermediate process
signals to be recalled after the light sensitive paper has been
exposed. Therefore, we fail to find that Alkofer teaches the
above claimed limitations.
Rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 103
In rejecting claims under 35 U.S.C. § 103, the Examiner
bears the initial burden of establishing a prima facie case of
obviousness. In re Oetiker, 977 F.2d 1443, 1445, 24 USPQ2d 1443,
1444 (Fed. Cir. 1992). See also In re Piasecki, 745 F.2d 1468,
1472, 223 USPQ 785, 788 (Fed. Cir. 1984). The Examiner can
satisfy this burden by showing that some objective teaching in
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