Appeal 2007-0902
Application 10/077,500
BACKGROUND
Appellants’ invention relates to a camera that uses flash illumination
to assist in a composition. An understanding of the invention can be derived
from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced below.
1. A camera comprising a strobe for supplying light to a scene, the
strobe flashing repeatedly throughout composition of a photograph.
PRIOR ART
The prior art references of record relied upon by the Examiner in
rejecting the appealed claims are:
Iwai US 5,198,855 Mar. 30, 1993
Umeda US 5,920,342 Jul. 6, 1999
Tanaka US 2001/0043277A1 Nov. 22, 2001
Matsui US 2002/0048457A1 Apr. 25, 2002
(filed Oct. 22, 2001)
REJECTIONS
Claims 1-3, 5-7, 11-13, and 15-19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
103(a) as being unpatentable over Tanaka in view of Matsui.
Claims 4 and 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Tanaka in view of Matsui and Iwai.
Claims 8-10 and 20-22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Tanaka in view of Matsui and Umeda.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the
Examiner and the Appellants regarding the above-noted rejections, we refer
to the Examiner's Answer (mailed Aug. 28, 2006) for the reasoning in
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