Appeal No. 2004-1134
Application No. 09/928,204
amplifier (35). Hence, the broadest reasonable interpretation of
the appellant’s claim term “an amplifier”, consistent with the
specification, is that it means “one amplifier”.
Because the examiner has not established that Suzuki
discloses one amplifier for the white compensation and the
brightness compensation of the red signal and the blue signal,
the examiner has not carried the burden of establishing a prima
facie case of anticipation of the camera claimed in the
appellant’s claim 3. We therefore reverse the rejection of that
claim.
Claims 4-6
Claim 4 requires an amplifier circuit for whiteness
compensation and brightness compensation that “comprises a two-
stage amplifier (43, 44) with a first amplifier stage (43) for a
fine compensation and a second amplifier stage (44) for a coarse
compensation.”
The examiner argues that “[a]fter examination of the
specification, one with ordinary skill in the art would associate
the phrase ‘fine compensation’ with brightness compensation
(automatic gain control) and the phrase ‘coarse compensation’
with white balance” (final rejection mailed January 14, 2003,
paper no. 9, page 4). The specification states that first
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