Appeal No. 2003-1816 Page 3
Application No. 09/195,593
A further understanding of the invention can be achieved by reading the following
claim.
1. A method for storing a stoclustic1 or stochastic halftone screen
having (M*N) cells and (H*K) elements in a memory device, comprising
the steps of:
(a) storing (H*K) threshold values;
(b) storing (H*K) incremental threshold values; and
(c) storing (M*N) fill-in indices for addressing the (M*N) cells.
Claims 1-7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious over U.S. Patent
No. 5,267,054 ("Chang").
OPINION
Rather than reiterate the positions of the examiner or the appellant in toto, we
focus on a point of contention therebetween. The examiner asserts, "Chang et al.
discloses (Figure 6b) . . . an array of indices (dx', dy') for indexing the cells of a
threshold array." (Final Rejection at 2.)2 The appellant argues, "[t]he Examiner has
erroneously asserted that the disclosure of values for the distances of x and y from the
1The specification omits a definition of the term "stoclustic."
2"We advise the examiner to copy his rejections into his examiner’s answers. . . ."
Ex parte Metcalf, 67 USPQ2d 1633, 1635 n.1 (Bd.Pat.App.& Int. 2003).
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