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`INTHE UMTED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`AMENDMENT IIBII
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`APPLICANT:
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`Heinz Mattes
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`GROIIP ART UMT: 2743
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`Group 2700
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`SERIALNO.:
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`08/87'7,488
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`EXAMINER: G. Eng
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`FILINGDATE:
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`June l7,1997
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`INVENTION:
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`APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECORDING,
`COMMI.INICATING AND ADMI}IISTERING DIGITAL IMAGES
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`Hon. Assistant Commissioner for Paterits
`Washington D.C. 20231
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`SIR:
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`In response to the Office Action dated November 27 ,1998, amend the above-
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`identified application as follows:
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`IN TIIE SPECIF'ICATION
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`On page 3, in line 9,6ange "Theses" to -These-; and
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`in line 1 l, before'ffihone function" insert -a--.
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`IN THE CLAIMS
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`Amend claim 12 as follows:
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`/l )4.(Amnded) A communication system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said servee
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`Add new claim 25 as follows:
`. A communication system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said server includes a
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`control unit for conholling a transmission rate of data used in the transmission system for
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`transmission of the digital images.
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`control unit for controlling resolution oI digital images in said at least one telephone unit and
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`A communication system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said server includes a
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`controlling a transmission rate ofdata used in the transmission system for transmission ofthe
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`digital images.
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`REMARKS
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`ln the Office Action, the Examiner rejected claim 12 undet the second paragraph of
`section 112, rejected claims 1,2,5 - 12,16, 17 and l9-24 as obvious over Tatsumi et al il
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`view of Pmulski et al., rejected claim 2 as obvious over Tatsumi and Parulski in view of
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`Parulski 159, rejected claims 4 and 18 as obvious over Tatsumi and Parulski in view of Ishii,
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`rejected claims 13 and 14 as obvious over Tatsumi and Parulski in view of Morin, rejected
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`claim 15 as obvious over Tatsumi and Parulski in view Nguyen, and cited additional art of
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`35 U.S.C. 1.12,zND fl
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`The ciaim 12 as previously presented was not unclear. The Examiner in the action
`correctly recognized the scope of the claim as covering a control unit that is able to conhol
`either resolution or transmission rate or both. Altemative claiming is not improper if the
`scope of the claim can be easily determined and no ambiguity arises (see MpEp 2r73.0i(h).
`In the interest of eliminating concems about the scope of the claim, however, the craim 12
`has been amended to craim one possilility, wh e new claims 25 and 26 directed to the other
`possibilities.
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`3s u.s.c.9103
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`Tatsumi et al. describe a comniunication system for the kansmission of moving
`images and of audio information associated with the moving images, in other words, a video
`telephone. The transmission of the video telephone communication is by high speed
`transmission lines, such as ISDN. Audio and video portions ofthe signal are separated from
`one another. The data is stored in a way to overcome problems ofregenerating the video
`data, which is the main focus of this reference. The communication occurs in the system
`according to theH.26l video communication standard. Furthermore, in this communication
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`system, the communication usually occurs during the pickup of the corresponding moving
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`image data current.
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`The Tatsumi reference does not contain any references to an addition of classiffing
`information to individual images of the moving image data current. Nor is there any
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`reference to an analysis of the received data c'rrent with respect to ordering features
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`contained in the data curent, on the basis of which an automatic archiving of image data
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`occurs in a server. All developments disclosed in this references are for the purpose of
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`regenerating the video signal.
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`One of ordinary skill in this art would not be lead to combining the teachings of
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`Tatsumi and Parulski '678. There is no suggestion that the advances taught in video
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`telephones could apply in still cameras.
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`Panrlski '678 describes a camera for capturing still images, whereby the camera
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`comprises an input unit for the assigning of categories into which the subsequently registered
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`digital still images are classified. The user ofthe camera selects a category for classiSing an
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`image using a user control. The still images are stored in a memory of the camera. It is
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`stated in Parulski that the images ale stored in a mernory which is removably provided in the
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`camera. The moment the memory in the camera is full, the memory is renroved from the
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`camera, and the data are transferred to a computer. The computer stores the transferred image
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`data in a data base so that a user can search images ofa specifiable category in the database.
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`In the camera according to Parulski, the replacement of the memory and the manuai
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`transfer of the memory contents to a server are required. It is thus always necessary, after the
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`pickup of the images, for the user of the camera to havel from his image capture location to
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`the location at which the server is located and to preform the transfer ofthe image data on the
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`seryer therg.
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`But it is precisely this significant disadvantage which is avoided by the invention.
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`According to the invention, it is possible to transfer the image data to a server via a
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`communication connection directly following the pickup of the images, where they are then
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`automatically archived with the aid ofthe ordering features. This leads to a significantly
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`improved flexibility, precisely inthe applications addressed in Parulski in the insurance field,
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`where the point is to record damages at various accidents at various times and at various
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`locations. However, there is a significant disadvantage in Paruiski in this application, in that,
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`because of the number of the accidents to be investigated, the memory of the camera is filled
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`quickly, and the user ofthe camera either has to carry several exchangeable memory media
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`and then constantly replace the memory media when a memory is respectively filled, or he
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`must travel to "his office" every time the memory is filled and transfer the data from the
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`camera memory to the memory of the server.
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`There is nothing in either of these references that would suggest to a reader to
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`combine the features of these to developments. It is only after reviewing the present
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`application and leaming of the advantages available for the present development that one
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`would be lead to even consider the Tatsumi and Parulski references related.
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`Even taking Tatsumi and Parulski in combination, the person skiiled in the art does
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`not obtain the invention in an obvious manner.
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`A significant disadvantage is avoided by the present invention. At an arbitrary time,
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`for example, shortly before the memory of the camera is completely full, the user of the
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`inventive communication system can dial the server via the telephone unit and hansfer the
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`recbrded data directiy to it. This results in a considerable cost savings and a considerable
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`time savings, precisely in such an appiication as described above. Because ofthe
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`considerable savings potential which was exhausted by the invention, it is not clear why, if
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`the invention had been obvious to the person skilled in the art, he/she would not have already
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`considered Tatsumi and Parulski in the framework of the development of the camera
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`according to Parulski.
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`Parulski ' 159 teachei a digital camera connected to a portable computer that is in tum
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`connected to a radio-frequency transmitter. Parulski '159 requires the intewention of a
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`computer between the camera and the transmitter. The present invention avoids this and even
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`provides the transceiver and camera as a single unit. Again, there is no incentive or teaching
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`to combine this reference with Tatsumi.
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`Ishii discloses a speech recognition unit. There is no suggestion that its speech
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`recogrrition unit would be used in conjunction with a digital camera or in conjunction with
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`classification aad storage of image data from that camera.
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`Morin discloses a language acquisition system. Its focus is in natural language
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`modeling. No incentive is found for this system to be used with an image capture or image
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`classification and storage system.
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`Nguyen discloses a relational database management utilized over the world wide web
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`portion of the Intemet. There is no incentive for one of skill in the art to tum to this reference
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`when considering an image capture, classification and storage system using a radio telephone
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`and digital camera.
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`Absent some teaching or incentive in the prior art to combine the cited references rn
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`the way suggested by the Examiner, the invention is non-obvious thereover. As such,
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`Applicant respectfully requests favorable reconsideration of the present invention.
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`Specification Changes
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`Minor errors in the specification have been corrected by amendment.
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`Conclusion
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`Early favorable conslderation and ailowance of the present application in view of the
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`foregoing is hereby requested.
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`Rrspectfu lly submitted,
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`Hill & Simpson
`A Professional Corporation
`85th Floor Sears Tower
`Chicago, Illinois 60606
`Telephone: 312-816-0200 ext. 1044
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`ATTORNEY FOR APPLICANT
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`CERTIFICATE OF MAILING
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`I hereby certi8/ that this correspondence is being deposited with the United States
`Postal Service as First Class Mail in an envelope addressed to:
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`The Assistant Commissioner for Patents
`Washington, D.C.?9231
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`on March I, 1999.
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