Appeal No. 2005-0436
Application No. 09/185,212
with Suzuki provides sufficient teaching and suggestion in the
references to show that one of ordinary skill in the art would
have been led to look into other methods of image processing to
enhance the use of management tables (answer, page 13).
In view of the analysis above, we find the Examiner’s
reliance on the combination of Suzuki and Tanaka to be reasonable
and sufficient to support a prima facie case of obviousness with
respect to claims 1 and 14. Accordingly, the 35 U.S.C. § 103
rejection of claims 1-4, 6-10, 12, 14-17 is sustained.
Regarding claims 11 and 13, we note Appellants’ indication
that they stand or fall with claim 1 (brief, page 15). Therefore
we sustain the 35 U.S.C. § 103 rejection of claim 11 over Suzuki,
Tanaka and Morikawa and of claim 13 over Suzuki, Tanaka and
Kusumoto.
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