Appeal No. 2003-0266
Application No. 09/072,553
Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it
reads as follows:
1. An image processing method, comprising the steps of:
exposing a calibration pattern outside an image exposure
area of a photosensitive material for photographing;
exposing an image inside the image exposure area to form a
continuous tone image;
developing the exposed image and the exposed calibration
pattern;
digitally reading a formed image and the calibration pattern
in substantially a same manner after development processing and
creating digital image data and digital calibration pattern data;
and
using the created digital calibration pattern data,
correcting the digital image data.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Thurm et al. (Thurm) 4,274,732 June 23, 1981
Sachs 5,483,259 Jan. 9, 1996
Itoh et al. (Itoh) 5,696,576 Dec. 9, 1997
Inoue 5,731,884 Mar. 24, 1998
Claims 1 through 3, 7, 11 through 13 and 18 through 20 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Thurm in view of Inoue.
Claims 4 through 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Thurm in view of Inoue and Sachs.
Claims 8 through 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Thurm in view of Inoue and Itoh.
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