Appeal No. 2005-0116
Application No. 10/109,390
subsequent use thereof to modify the pixel signal. (Brief at page 5.) We agree with
appellants that Fossum does not teach capturing a second black reference signal from
the pixel and use thereof with a first black reference signal to modify the captured pixel
signal.
The examiner maintains that the language of independent claim 1 does not
explicitly state that the second black reference signal is captured from the pixel and so
the examiner affirms his position that measuring the difference in threshold voltages in
Fossum anticipates the second black reference signal as defined in the limitations of
independent claim 1. (Answer at page 8.) We disagree with the examiner’s position,
and find that the language of independent claim 1 requires the “capturing” of all three
signals. Therefore, the signals should be acquired in a similar manner and from the
“pixel” as explicitly recited with respect to the first black reference signal and the pixel
signal.
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