Appeal No. 2003-1459 Page 2
Application No. 09/534,469
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to configuring imaging devices and purchasing
such configured imaging devices (specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under
appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Camaisa et al. (Camaisa) 5,845,263 Dec. 1, 1998
Dockes et al. (Dockes) 5,974,004 Oct. 26, 1999
Claims 1 to 62 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Dockes.
Claims 1 to 62 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Camaisa.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellant regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the final
rejection (Paper No. 5, mailed June 21, 2002) and the answer (Paper No. 8, mailed
January 24, 2003) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejections,
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