Appeal 2007-1944
Application 10/631,894
Ohtani6
28. Ohtani, Figure 4, shows a camera with a battery pack 50 accessible by
a coin-screw part 51 next to the lens at the end of the line labeled 40
(indicating the camera as a whole). (Ohtani at 6:26-30.)
Peterson7
29. Peterson, Figure 3, shows a camera having a removable battery
clip 56 next to the lens 19. (Peterson at 2:30 and 3:28.)
The Rejections
The Examiner maintains the following rejections:
30. Claim 25 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) over the combined
teachings of Prasad, Ohtani, Peterson, and Shioya. (Answer at 3.)
31. Claims 26 and 27 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) over the
combined teachings of Prasad, Shioya, and Lonka. (Answer at 5.)
32. Claim 28 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) over the combined
teachings of Prasad and Shioya. (Answer at 7.)
33. Claims 51, 52, and 55–57 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) over
the combined teachings of Prasad and Shioya. (Answer at 7.)
34. Claims 53 and 54 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) over the
combined teachings of Prasad, Shioya, and Bateman. (Answer at 9.)
6 Tadasu Ohtani, U.S. Patent 6,118,949, issued 12 September 2000, titled
"Accessory and Motor Drive Device for Camera, and Camera System."
7 Dean M. Peterson et al., U.S. Patent 3,439,596, issued 22 April 1969, titled
"Retractile Lens Camera with Automatic Exposure Control System and
Battery Preserving Switch."
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