Appeal No. 2005-1666 Page 2
Application No. 10/356,079
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to a camera which computes and indicates a
measure of focus as a function of focal distance (specification, p. 1). A copy of the
claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellants’ brief.
The Prior Art Reference
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims is:
Miyamoto 5,687,409 Nov. 11, 1997
The Rejection
Claims 1 to 6 and 8 to 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Miyamoto.2
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 February 10, 2005) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the
rejections, and to the brief (filed October 7, 2004) and reply brief (filed April 11, 2005)
for the appellants’ arguments thereagainst.
2 The examiner has withdrawn the rejections based on the Seki reference (answer at page 5).
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