Appeal No. 2005-0319
Application No. 09/946,874
and second color cube, we find no disclosure in Berlin that two or more color indices
(which represent a color) are mapped to one of the entry in the 32x32x32 color look
up table and that from these entries a determination is made to place a color index in
the first color table as is claimed. Accordingly, we will not sustain the examiner’s
rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 102 of independent claims 1, 15 and 29 or dependent
claims 2 through 7, 16 through 21 and 30 through 35.
We next consider the examiner’s rejection of claims 8, 9, 14, 22, 23, 28, 36,
37 and 42 under 35 U.S.C. § 102. Appellant argues, on page 13 of the brief, that
Berlin does not teach or suggest mapping an color index to additional color cube
entries based upon a distance between the location and the color region defined by
the additional color cube entries. Further, appellant argues, on page 15 of the brief:
The Advisory Action states that the Euclidean distance calculation
between any two color points involves a LOCATION within a color cube of a
first color. Appellant respectfully disagrees. The Euclidean distance
calculation is specified in col. 2, line 30 as [equation omitted].
Accordingly, the distance calculation merely subtracts the RGB values
of one color from another color, squares them, and then compares a resulting
square root. In this regard, there is no determination of where in a first color
cube, a particular color exists. Instead, the distance between two color[s] is
determined. Thus, contrary to that asserted in the Advisory Action, Berlin
does not teach determining a location within a color cube of a first color that is
represented by a color index.
The examiner responds, on page 18 of the answer, stating:
Berlin teaches determining the first color value or the first color point such as
(R1, G1, B1) within a color cube (See column 2, line 30) with a first color cube
of a first color. For example, comparing the first color value in a first color
cube with the second color value in a second color cube. Therefore, Berlin
clearly meets the limitation “determining a location with a color cube of a first
color.”
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