Appeal No. 2003-1992
Application No. 09/075,777
structurally configured to mount on a tripod, the rigid frame for
holding the camera head and the laptop type computer as a unified
camera structure, the camera head is securely mounted on the
front of the rigid frame so that lens is centrally located and
the lens' central axis is aligned from front to rear and the lens
can be unobstructedly pointed at a subject, the tripod mount is
on the bottom plate and located below the approximate center of
mass of the electronic view apparatus and below the central axis
of the lens for parallax reduction, and a rigid frame for
constructing an electronic view camera. See pages 11-16 of the
brief and pages 2-6 of the reply brief.
The Examiner states that Bradbury does not expressly
disclose a camera head securely mounted on the rigid frame so
that the lens assembly can be unobstructedly pointed at a
subject. See page 4 of the answer. The Examiner argues that it
would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at
the time the invention was made to physically mount Bradbury's
camera head onto the carrying case to accommodate for the absence
of a suitable surface space while operating the laptop computer
or other devices. The Examiner argues that this would allow the
user the flexibility of managing both the laptop computer as well
as the camera head. See page 4 of the answer.
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