Appeal No. 2005-0524
Application No. 10/028,124
of ordinary skill in the art in possession thereof. In re Spada,
911 F.2d 205, 15 USPQ2d 1655 (Fed. Cir. 1990).
The examiner applies Noyama to the subject matter of instant
claim 1 by interpreting the composite image of Noyama (50 in
Figure 1) as the claimed “image samples” (IS); the original CG
image (20 in Figure 1) as the claimed “image sample values,” and
the transformation data memory 21 as creating the mask from the
CG model 12. The examiner further notes that the 2-D coordinate
values of the projected image in Noyama contributes to the
generation of the composite CG image, “similar to the geometric
parameters used to generate the mask of applicant’s invention”
(answer-page 3). The examiner also cites column 11, line 57,
through column 12, line 44, and Figure 11, of Noyama as evidence
of texture mapping of the CG image to create the composite CG
image utilizing the mask to only transform pixels of a selected
region and an intrinsic image to map color information to the
composite CG image.
The examiner appears to have established a prima facie case
of anticipation by analyzing instant claim 1, step by step, and
showing correspondence between the method of Noyama and each of
the steps of the instant claimed method. The burden of showing
-3-
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007