Appeal No. 2003-1392
Application No. 09/593,867
as being unpatentable over Iwabuchi.
Reference is made to the brief (paper number 13), the final
rejection (paper number 8) and the answer (paper number 14) for
the respective positions of the appellants and the examiner.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the entire record before us,
and we will sustain the anticipation rejection of claims 1
through 4, and the obviousness rejection of claims 5 through 8.
Turning first to the anticipation rejection, appellants’
sole challenge to the rejection is that Iwabuchi is incapable of
“displaying a plurality of stored images simultaneously so that
the operator can select one of them to return to” (brief, page
4). We agree with the appellants’ argument (brief, page 5) that
Iwabuchi is incapable of displaying “more than one stored image
at one time.” Although Iwabuchi stores a plurality of specimen
images in the storage unit 16 (Figure 2; column 2, lines 52
through 55), Iwabuchi selects only one of the stored images and
displays that stored image simultaneously with a live or real-
time enlarged image of the specimen (Figures 2 and 4; column 2,
line 61 through column 3, line 7). Notwithstanding our agreement
with the appellants concerning the teachings of Iwabuchi, we find
that appellants’ argument concerning claim 1 on appeal is not
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