Appeal No. 2006-2750
Application No. 10/104,498
Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it reads as follows:
1. A method of recording a history of an image file, said method comprising writing
a description of each of a series of uses made of said image file to an electronic event log
associated with said image file.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Arai 6,642,959 Nov. 4, 2003
(filed June 14, 1998)
Niikawa 6,668,134 Dec. 23, 2003
(filed Feb. 17, 1999)
Claims 1, 2, 6 through 8, 10 through 14, 16 through 19, 21 through 24, 28 through 30, 32
through 34, 44 through 48 and 50 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated
by Niikawa.
Claims 5, 9, 20, 27, 31, 35 through 43 and 49 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Niikawa in view of Arai.
Reference is made to the briefs and the answer for the respective positions of the
appellants and the examiner.
OPINION
For all of the reasons expressed by the examiner (answer, pages 4 through 34), and for
the additional reasons set forth infra, we will sustain the anticipation rejection of claims 1, 2, 6
through 8, 10 through 14, 16 through 19, 21 through 24, 28 through 30, 32 through 34, 44
through 48 and 50, and sustain the obviousness rejection of claims 5, 9, 20, 27, 31, 35 through 43
and 49.
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