Appeal No. 2003-0557
Application 09/121,760
steps such as the beginning teachings of the reference of
exposing on conventional film an image which is then scanned
digitally by the film scanner 32 in Figure 1 to be received by
the image data manager 30. We therefore agree with the
examiner's views best expressed at page 10 of the answer that
"Jamzadeh discloses that image data manager 30 receives image
signal from the film scanner, it clearly shows that the image
data manager 30 includes an input terminal to receive or to
capture image signal." As essentially argued by the examiner,
the data bus 34 in this figure feeding the image data from the
scanner 32 directly provides a input to the image data manager's
terminal a source of captured raw image data. The mere "capture"
of image data in claim 1 is not coextensive with the positive
recitation of a digital camera which claim 1 clearly does not
require. The capturing of the information is consistent with the
concept in the reference and the claim of capturing or acquiring
or receiving information from an indirectly or non-recited
source. Therefore, the basic view of the examiner that the image
data manager 30 comprises the hand-held image captured device of
claim 1 of appeal is consistent with our understanding of the
claim and the teachings of the reference, whereas appellant's
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