Appeal No. 2003-0288
Application No. 09/107,920
Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it
reads as follows:
1. A method for applying a template to an image on a
printer, comprising the steps of:
(a) storing the template in a template file, the
template file comprising a plurality of tags, wherein the
plurality of tags provides instructions for the application
of a plurality of plane files to the image and instructions
for automating a process of shaping the image or the
template in order to fit them together properly in a print
area; and
(b) applying the template to the image based on the
instructions in the tags, wherein the instructions comprise:
(b1) automatically rendering a first plane of the image,
(b2) automatically rendering a second plane of the image
and combining the second plane with the first plane, and
(b3) automatically rending [sic, rendering] a third plane
of the image and combining the third plane with the combined
first and second planes.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Gentile 5,544,290 Aug. 6, 1996
Matsuo 5,838,333 Nov. 17, 1998
(filed Feb. 28, 1996)
Cyman, Jr. et al. (Cyman) 5,845,302 Dec. 1, 1998
(filed Dec. 29, 1995)
Maruyama et al. (Maruyama) 5,892,534 Apr. 6, 1999
(filed Sep. 30, 1996)
King et al. (King) 5,956,737 Sep. 21, 1999
(filed Sep. 9, 1996)
Edmunds 6,006,281 Dec. 21, 1999
(filed Jan. 8, 1998)
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