Appeal No. 2003-0228
Application 09/118,572
OPINION
We reverse the aforementioned rejections. We need to
address only claim 1, which claims an apparatus required by all
of the other claims.1
Kamen discloses that some computer graphics systems use
procedural texturing wherein texture values are calculated or
derived from a mathematical function which is used to model the
associated texture values (col. 2, lines 29-36). These texture
values are passed directly to a combinor module which combines
these texture values with any existing pixel values (col. 2,
lines 27-29 and 37-39; col. 6, lines 31-32).
Jenkins discloses (col. 85, lines 49-58):
Transmitted texture information includes conventional
maps as well as parameters for procedural methods of
texture synthesis which are then generated by the
client. Alternatively, transmitted primitives can
refer to materials and textures from prestored
libraries of textures maintained by the client. The
use of procedural textures and prestored texture
libraries reduces the required client-server connection
bandwidth. The use of prestored texture libraries
allows the user to modify the appearance of the model
by selecting texture preferences.
1 The examiner does not rely upon Griffin or Tremblay for
any disclosure that remedies the deficiency in Kamen and Jenkins
as to claim 1.
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