Appeal No. 2006-1876
Application No. 09/877,522
Network programmable digital camera that may be programmed from a
remote location over a network (id.).
In response, while acknowledging that an Aapplication
program 760" is downloaded from a network in Anderson >749,
Appellants argue that the reference does not teach that the
Aapplication program 760" facilitates communication between
Anderson=s digital device and another device (brief, page 9).
Appellants further argue that the communication software in the
reference actually is not replaced by any user interface software
(brief, page 10).
The Examiner responds by stating that the camera of Anderson
‘749 includes control program 760 which receives software
programs and facilitates communication with the outside world
(answer, page 7). The Examiner then asserts that the digital
camera receives the software without specific requests and thus
reads on automatically receiving software with the appliance that
facilitates communication between the appliance and the separate
device (id.).
A rejection for anticipation requires that the four corners
of a single prior art document describe every element of the
claimed invention, either expressly or inherently, such that a
person of ordinary skill in the art could practice the invention
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