Appeal No. 2005-1057 Page 2
Application No. 09/802,792
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a photosensitive chip for creating electrical
signals for an original image (specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under appeal is
set forth in the appendix to the appellants' brief.
The prior art references
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Jedlicka et al. (Jedlicka) 5,604,362 Feb. 18, 1997
Koizumi et al. (Koizumi) 5,698,892 Dec. 16, 1997
The rejections
Claims 1, 6 to 10, 20, 22 to 24 and 26 to 30 stand rejected under U.S.C. § 102 as
being anticipated by Koizumi.
Claims 2 and 21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Koizumi.
Claims 3 and 25 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Koizumi in view of Jedlicka.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellants regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the answer
(mailed November 18, 2003) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the
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