Appeal No. 2006-1695
Application No. 10/649,277
after compressing each of the resultant images. At best, the
cited passage of Takagi above teaches storing the entire group of
displayed images, not one selected image from each of a plurality
of original images.
Nor do we find any reason on this record why the skilled
artisan would store selected resultant images that were each
created from an associated original image from a plurality of
original images apart from appellants' own disclosure. While
Takagi does allow the user to select resultant images each time
the images are displayed, the image based on the user's selection
for that particular photograph is ultimately captured on film and
the process ends.
Based on the limited function and purpose of Takagi, we see
no reason why the skilled artisan would modify Takagi in the
manner suggested by the examiner to separately select and save
particular resultant images associated with respective multiple
original images. It is well settled that obviousness
determinations "cannot be based on the hindsight combination of
components selectively culled from the prior art to fit the
parameters of the…invention. There must be a teaching or
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