The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 20 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte CARVER A. MEAD, J. ORION PRITCHARD, RICHARD F. LYON and PETER SCHMIDT ____________ Appeal No. 2003-1992 Application No. 09/075,777 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before THOMAS, FLEMING, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-44, all the claims pending in the instant application. Invention The invention relates to the field of electronic or digital cameras and more specifically to tripod mounted view cameras used in professional still photography. See page 1 of Appellants' specification. Figure 2 shows a front, top, back, and side view of the electronic view camera assembly. Figure 3 is a system block diagram of the electronic view camera of Figure 2. SeePage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007