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`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`CONFIRMATION N0.
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`11/617,509
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`12/28/2006
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`David A Monroe
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`SAFAIPOUR, HOUSHANG
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`MAIL DATE
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`10/04/2007
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.
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`The time period for reply, if any, is set in the attached communication.
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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`Office Aetion Summary
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`Application No.
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`Applicant(s)
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`11/617,509
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`Houshang Safaipour
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`MONROE, DAVID A
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`- The MAILING DA TE of this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address --
`Period for Reply
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`A SHORTENED STATUTORY PERIOD FOR REPLY IS SET TO EXPIRE 3 MONTH(S) OR THIRTY (30) DAYS,
`WHICHEVER IS LONGER, FROM THE MAILING DATE OF THIS COMMUNICATION.
`Extensions of time may be available under the provisions of 37 CFR 1.136(a).
`In no event however may a reply be timerIfiled
`after SIX (6) MONTHS from the mailing date of this communication.
`If NO period for replyIs specified above the maximum statutory period will apply and will expire SIX (6) MONTHS from the mailing date of this communication.
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`- Failure to reply within the set or extended pen‘od for reply will, by statute, cause the application to become ABANDONED (35 U.S.C. § 133).
`Any reply received by the Office later than three months after the mailing date of this communication. even if timely filed. may reduce any
`earned patent term adjustment. See 37 CFR 1.704(b).
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`Status
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`1):] Responsive to communication(s) filed on _
`2a)[] This action is FINAL.
`2b)IX] This action is non—final.
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`3)]: Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
`closed in accordance with the practice under Ex parte Quayle. 1935 CD. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims
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`4):] Claim(s) _ is/are pending in the application.
`43) Of the above Claim(s) _ is/are withdrawn from consideration.
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`5):! Claim(s) _ is/are allowed.
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`ME Claim(s) 1-_42 is/are rejected.
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`7)l:] Claim(s) __ is/are objected to.
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`8)|:] Claim(s) _ are subject to restriction and/or election requirement.
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`Application Papers
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`SDE The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
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`1mg] The drawing(s) filed on 28 December 2006 is/are: a)l:] accepted or MEI objected to by the Examiner.
`Applicant may not request that any objection to the drawing(s) be held in abeyance. See 37 CFR 1.85(a).
`Replacement drawing sheet(s) including the correction is required if the drawing(s) is objected to. See 37 CFR 1.121(d).
`11)|:] The oath or declaration is objected to by the Examiner. Note the attached Office Action or form PTO-152.
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
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`12)|:I Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)—(d) or (f).
`a)[:] All b”: Some * c)I:I None of:
`1C] Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
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`2.I:| Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No. __
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`31:] Copies of the certified copies of the priority documents have been received in this National Stage
`application from the International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
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`" See the attached detailed Office action for a list of the Certified copies not received.
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`Attachment(s)
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`1) E Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
`2) [I Notice of Draftsperson‘s Patent Drawing Review (PTO-948)
`3) D Information Disclosure Statementts) (PTO/SB/08)
`Paper No(s)/Mai| Date
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`PTOL-326 (Rev. 08-06)
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`Office Action Summary
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`5) 1:] Notice 0f Informal Patent Application
`6) C] Other:
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`Application/Control Number: 1 1/617,509
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`Specification
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`The disclosure is objected to because of the following inforrnalities:
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`In paragraph 0051, line 13, PCMCIA card 50" should read PCMCIA card 72".
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`Appropriate correction is required.
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`Drawings
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`The drawings are objected to as failing to comply with 37 CFR 1.84(p)(4) because
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`reference character "81" has been used to designate both the hardwired personal computer in Fig.
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`4 and the 'data multiplexer circuit in Fig. 5, and reference character "83" has been used to
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`designate both the communications interface module in Fig. 4 and the sync signal in Fig. 5.
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`Corrected drawing sheets in compliance with 37 CFR 1.121 (d) are required in reply to the
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`Office action to avoid abandonment of the application. Any amended replacement drawing sheet
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`should include all of the figures appearing on the immediate prior version of the sheet, even if
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`only one figure is being amended. The replacement sheet(s) should be labeled "Replacement
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`Sheet" in the page header (as per 37 CFR 1.84(c)) so as not to obstruct any portion of the
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`drawing figures. If the changes are not accepted by the examiner, the applicant will be notified
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`and informed of any required corrective action in the next Office action. The objection to the
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`drawings will not be held in abeyance.
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`3.
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`The drawings are objected to as failing to comply with 37 CFR 1.84(p)(5) because they
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`do not include the following reference sign(s) mentioned in the description: reference numeral
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`"29", in paragraph 0049, line 18. Corrected drawing sheets in compliance with 37 CFR 1.121(d)
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`are required in reply to the Office action to avoid abandonment of the application. Any amended
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`replacement drawing sheet should include all of the figures appearing on the immediate prior
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`version of the sheet, even if only one figure is being amended. The replacement sheet(s) should
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`be labeled "Replacement Sheet" in the page header (as per 37 CFR 1.84(c)) so as not to obstruct
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`any portion of the drawing figures. If the changes are not accepted by the examiner, the applicant
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`will be notified and informed of any required corrective action in the next Office action. The
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`objection to the drawings will not be held in abeyance.
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`4.
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`The drawings are objected to because iniFig. 4, PC modem protocol box "66" should read
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`"68", as read in paragraph 0053, lines 20 and 21. Corrected drawing sheets in compliance with
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`37 CFR 1.121(d) are required in reply to the Office action to avoid abandonment of the
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`application. Any amended replacement drawing sheet should include all of the figures appearing
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`on the immediate prior version of the sheet, even if only one figure is being amended. The figure
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`or figure number of an amended drawing should not be labeled as "amended." If a drawing figure
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`is to be canceled, the appropriate figure must be removed from the replacement sheet, and where
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`necessary, the remaining figures must be renumbered and appropriate changes made to the brief
`description of the several views ofthe drawings for consistency. Additional replacement sheets
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`may be necessary to show the renumbering of the remaining figures. The replacement sheet(s)
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`should be labeled "Replacement Sheet" in the page header (as per 37 CFR 1.84(c)) so as not to
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`obstruct any portion of the drawing figures. If the changes are not accepted by the examiner, the
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`applicant will be notified and informed of any required corrective action in the next Office
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`action. The objection to the drawings will not be held in abeyance.
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`5.
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`Claims 3 and 5 are objected to because of the following informalities:
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`In claim 3, line 1, "claim 1" should read "claim 2", as reference is made to "'said memory",
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`introduced in claim 2;
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`In claim 5, line 1, "claim 1" should read "claim 4", as reference is madeto "'the digital
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`signal", introduced in claim 4. Appropriate correction is required.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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`6.
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`The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 USC. 102 that form the
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`basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
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`A person shall be entitled to a patent unless —
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`(b) the invention was patented or described in a printed publication in this or a foreign country or in public use or on
`sale in this country, more than one year prior to the date of application for patent in the United States.
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`7.
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`Claims 1, 2, 4-12, 21, 23-27, and30-36 are rejected under 35 USC. 102(b) as being
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`anticipated by Hassan et al. (US. Patent Number 5,550,646).
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`Regarding claim 1, Hassan discloses a self-contained image processing system (device
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`110 in Figs. 1 and 2) for capturing a visual image and transmitting it to a remote receiving station
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`(see abstract, column 1, lines 47 through 52, column 2, lines 43 through 61, and column 3, lines
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`10 through 20), with the system comprising an image capture device (CCD 203, column 3, lines
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`21 through 67), a processor (microcontroller 205) for generating a data signal representing the
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`image (column 3, lines 21 through 67), a communications device (facsimile interface 219)
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`adapted for transmitting the data signal to the remote receiving station (column 4, line 65 through
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`column 5, line 9), and a wireless transmission system between the communications device and
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`the compatible receiving station (column 2, lines 4 through 54, and column 3, lines 10 through
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`20, with the fax modem 240, being "applied as an input to the transmitter section of a cellular
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`telephone", as read in column 5, lines 7 through 9).
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`Regarding claim 2, Hassan discloses the system discussed above in claim 1, and further
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`teaches of a memory for receiving and storing the data signal (RAM 207), and wherein the
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`communications device is adapted for recalling the stored data signal from memory (column 4,
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`lines 24 through 64).
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`Regarding claim 4, Hassan discloses the system discussed above in claim 1, and further
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`teaches of the image capture device is an analog'camera (lens assembly 201 on a CCD 203) for
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`generating an analog image signal (column 3, lines 21 through 67), and there is further included
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`an analog to digital converter for converting the analog image signal to a digital signal (column
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`3, line 47 through column 4, line 67).
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`Regarding claim 5, Hassan discloses the system discussed above in claim 4 (as
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`understood by the examiner), and further teaches of a subprocessor for generating a Group—III
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`facsimile compatible signal representing the digital signal (column 4, line 65 through column 5,
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`line 9).
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`Regarding claim 6, Hassan discloses the system discussed above in claim 1, and further
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`teaches that the subprocessor comprises a gray scale bit map, a halftone converter, and a binary
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`bit map (see abstract, column 1, lines 54 through 63, and column 3, lines 47 through 67).
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`Regarding claim 7, Hassan discloses the system discussed above in claim 1, and further
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`teaches of an integrated wireless telephone associated with the communications device (column
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`2, lines 4 through 54).
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`Regarding claim 8, Hassan discloses the system discussed above in claim 1, and further
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`teaches of a housing for housing all of the elements of the system in an integrated body (column
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`2, lines 39 through 66).
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`Regarding claim 9, Hassan discloses the system discussed above in claim 1, and further
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`teaches that the image capture device is a digital camera (column 2, lines 39 through 67, and
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`column 3, lines 21' through 46).
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`Regarding claim 10, Hassan discloses the system discussed above in claim 1, and further
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`teaches of a View screen for viewing the captured and stored image (LCD display 215, column 4,
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`lines 19 through 64).
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`Regarding claim 11, Hassan discloses the system discussed above in claim 5, and further
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`teaches of a facsimile receiving device associated locally with the system for providing a local
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`printer for reproducing the captured image in hard copy (column 2, line 66 through column 3,
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`line 4, and column 4, line 65 through column 5, line 22).
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`Regarding claim 12, Hassan discloses the system discussed above in claim 1, and'further
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`teaches that the processor is adapted for generating a signal in any of a plurality of selected
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`protocols and wherein the communications device is adapted for transmitting the signal in the
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`proper protocol to a remote, compatible receiving station (column 4, line 65 through column 5,
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`line 10).
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`Regarding claim 21, Hassan discloses the system discussed above in claim 1, and further
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`teaches that the system is of modular construction (see Fig. 2), and the camera (CCD 203), the
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`processbr (microcontroller 205), and the communications device (fax interface 219) are each
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`independent, functional units (column 3, line 21 through column 5, line 9) which may be coupled.
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`to one another for defining the assembled system (see Fig. 2).
`Regarding claim 23, Hassan discloses the system discussed above in claim 1, and flirther
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`teaches of a data processor for creating a text data signal associated with the image data signal
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`(column 4, lines 19 through 64).
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`Regarding claim 24, Hassan discloses the system discussed above in claim 23, and
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`further teaches of an input device for providing text data to the data processor (keypad 211,,
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`column 4, lines 1 through 64).
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`Regarding claim 25, Hassan discloses the system discussed above in claim 24, and
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`further teaches that the input device is user controlled (column 4, lines 1 through 64).
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`Regarding claim 26, Hassan discloses the system discussed above in claim 25, and
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`further teaches that the user controlled input device is an integral keyboard (keypad 211, column
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`4, lines 1 through 18).
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`Regarding claim 27, Hassan discloses the system discussed above in claim 24, and
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`further teaches that the input device comprises a real time clock (column 4, lines 24 through 42).
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`Regarding claim 30, Hassan discloses the system discussed above in claim 2, and further
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`teaches that the image data signal, is stored in a compressed format (column 3, lines 47 through
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`54).
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`Regarding claim 31, Hassan discloses the system discussed above in claim 2, and further
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`teaches that the image data signal is stored in a half—tone format (column 3, lines 37 through 67).
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`Regarding claim 32, Hassan discloses the system discussed above in claim 1, and further
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`teaches that the remote receiving station is a standard bi-level facsimile machine and the image
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`data signal is generated in a gray—scale format and protocol (column 3, lines 50 through 67,
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`column 4, line 65 through column 5, line 9, and column 6, line 62 through column 7, line 2).
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`Regarding claim 33, Hassan discloses the system discussed above in claim 1, and further
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`teaches that the remote receiving station is a gray-scale facsimile machine and the image data
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`signal is generated in a gray-scale format and protocol (column 3, lines .50 through 67, column 4,
`line 65 through column 5, line 9, and column 6, line 62 through column‘ 7, line 2).
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`Regarding claim 34, Hassan discloses the system discussed above in claim 1, and further
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`teaches that the remote receiving station is a color facsimile machine and the image data signal is
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`generated in a full color format and protocol (column 3, lines 50 through 67, column 4, line 65
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`through column 5, line 9, and column 6, line 62 through column 7, line 2).
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`Regarding claim 35, Hassan discloses the system discussed above in claim 1, and further
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`teaches that the remote receiving station is a digital device and the image data is digital (column
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`2, line 45 through column 3, line 33, and column 4, line 65 through column 5,1ine 9).
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`Regarding claim 36‘, Hassan discloses the system discussed above in claim 1, and further
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`teaches of a self—contained power source for powering the system (column 5, lines 23 through
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`25).
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`Claims 1-3 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(6) as being anticipated by Wertsberger
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`(U .3. Patent Number 6,072,600).
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`Regarding claim 1, Wertsberger discloses a self-contained image processing system (see
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`Figs. 1 and 2) for capturing a visual image and transmitting it to a remote receiving station (see
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`abstract, column 2, line 50 through column 3, line 25), with the system comprising an image
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`capture device (CCD image sensor 1, column 4, lines 5 through 47), a processor (CPU 16) for
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`generating a data signal representing the image (column 4, lines 20 through 58), a
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`communications device (fax modem circuitry 13) adapted for transmitting the data signal to the
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`remote receiving station (column 4, lines 48 through 67), and a wireless transmission system
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`receiving station (column 5, lines 1 through 6).
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`Regarding claim 2, Wertsberger discloses the system discussed above in claim 1, and
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`further teaches of a memory for receiving and storing the data signal (memory means 11, and
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`secondary storage 20), and wherein the communications device is adapted for recalling the stored
`data signal from memory (column 4, lines 48 through 67, and column 5, lines 24 through 27).
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`Regarding claim 3, Wertsberger discloses the system discussed above in claim 2 (as
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`understood by the examiner), and further teaches that the memory is a removable RAM and
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`wherein the system is adapted for selectively charging and discharging the memory (column 5,
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`lines 24 through 27).
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`Claims 1, 21, and 36-42 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(e) as being anticipated by
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`Parulski et al. (U.S. Patent Number 5,666,159).
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`Regarding claim 1, Parulski discloses a self—contained image processing system (see
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`Figs. 1, 2, and 7-9) for capturing a visual image and transmitting it to a remote receiving station
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`(see abstract), with the system comprising an image capture device (camera module 10, column
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`3, lines 6 through 40), a processor (pen—based computer 12) for generating a data signal
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`representing the image (column 3, lines 27 through column 4, line 6), a communications device
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`(RF transmitter module 14) adapted for transmitting the data signal to the remote receiving
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`station (column 4, lines 4 through 25), and a wireless transmission system between the
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`communications device and the compatible receiving station (column 4, lines 7 through 25).
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`Regarding claim 21, Parulski discloses the system discussed above in claim 1, and further
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`teaches that the system is of modular construction (see Fig. 1‘), and the camera (camera module
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`10), the processor (pen-based computer 12), and the communications device (RF transmitter
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`module 14) are each independent, functional units which may be coupled to one another for
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`defining the assembled system (see Figs. 1-3).
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`Regarding claim 36, Parulski discloses the system discussed above in claim 1, and further
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`teaches of a self-contained power source for powering the system (column 3, lines 41 through
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`60).
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`Regarding claim 37, Parulski discloses the system discussed above in claim 36, and~
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`fiirther teaches that the communications device is adapted to be used independently of the image
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`capture device and the processor, and wherein the power supply is adapted for isolating the
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`power to the communications device from the power to the image capture device and processor
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`(column 3, lines 41 through 56).
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`Regarding claim 38, Parulski discloses the system discussed above in claim 37, and
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`further teaches of a power initiation device associated with the image capture device and the
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`processor, wherein the power to the image capture device and the processor is off‘when the
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`initiation device is not activated (column 3, lines 41 through 56).
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`Regarding claim 39, Parulski discloses the system discussed above in claim 38, and
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`further teaches that the power initiation device is user controlled (column 3, lines 41 through 56).
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`Regarding claim 40, Parulski discloses the system discussed above in claim 38, and
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`further teaches of a trigger device for activating the power initiation device (column 3, lines 41
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`through 56).
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`Regarding claim 41, Parulski discloses the system discussed above in claim 40, and
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`further teaches that the trigger device is a timer (see Fig. 5, and column 3, lines 33 through 60,
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`whereby the flash 24 is equivalent to a timer, as it waits a predetermined amount of time to
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`charge before firing).
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`Regarding claim 42, Parulski discloses the system discussed above in claim 40, and
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`further teaches that the trigger device is triggered by the presence of an image to be captured
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`(column 3, lines 41 through 60).
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`10.
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`The following is a quotation of 35 USC. 103(a) which forms the basis for all
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`obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
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`(a) A patent may not be obtained though the invention is not identically disclosed or described as set forth in
`section 102 of this title, if the differences between the subject matter sought to be patented and the prior art are
`such that the subject matter as a whole would have been obvious at the time the invention was made to a person
`having ordinary skill in the art to which said subject matter pertains. Patentability shall not be negatived by the
`manner in which the invention was made.
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`11.
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`Claims 13-18, and 29 are rejected under 35 USC. 103(a) as being unpatentable over
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`Hassan et al. (US. Patent Number 5,550,646 and further in view of Ross (US. Patent Number
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`5,546,194).
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`Regarding claim 13, Hassan discloses the system discussed above in claim 1, but fails to
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`expressly disclose if the image capture device is an analog video camera for generating a video
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`signal. Ross discloses a self-contained image processing system (see Fig. 1) for capturing a
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`visual image and transmitting it to a remote receiving station, with the system comprising an
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`image capture device (video camera 10, column 3, lines 4 through 5), a processor (control system
`22 in Fig. 1, or CPU 44 in Fig. 2) for generating a data signal representing the image (column 3,
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`lines 20 through 29, and column 3, line 63 through column 4, line 20), a communications device
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`(Group 111 fax transmitter 20 in Fig. 1, and fax modem 50 in Fig. 2) adapted for transmitting the
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`data signal to the remote receiving station (column 2, lines 15 through 29, wherein the remote
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`receiving station is inherently included in the system), and a subprocessor (Group III formatter
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`18) for generating a Group-III facsimile compatible signal representing the data signal (column
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`3, lines 30 through 52). Continuing, Ross teaches that the image capture device is an analog
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`video camera for generating a video signal (column 3, lines 4 through-9). Further Ross teaches
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`that the processor comprises a sync detector (sync separator 24, column 3, lines 53 through 62)
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`and a video address generator (address multiplexer 43, column 4, lines 6 through 11) for
`synchronizing the digital signal with the analog signal for defining the beginning and end ofthe
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`signal to define a still frame (column 3, lines 20 through 62), a random access memory (RAM
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`38) for receiving and storing the converted, synchronized signal frame-by-frame (column 4, lines
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`3 through 22), a processor routine for converting the signals storedin the memory to aprotocol
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`adapted for transmission (column 4, lines 22 through 36) to a remote, compatible protocol
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`receiving station (inherently included), and a communications device (FAX modem 50) for
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`transmitting the signal in the proper protocol to the compatible receiving station (column 5, lines
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`7 through 16).
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`Hassan & Ross are combinable because they are from the same field of endeavor, that
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`being systems that transmit images from a camera to a destination via facsimile transmission.
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`At the time of the invention, it would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art to
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`include the analog video camera that transmits a video signal, which is taught by Ross,
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`in the system of Hassan. The suggestion/motivation for doing so would have been that Hassan's
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`system would become usable in more formats, as recognized by Ross in column 1, thereby
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`increasing the ystem's desirability. Therefore, it would have been obvious to combine the
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`teachings of Ross with the system of Hassan to obtain the invention as specified in claim 13.
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`Regarding claim 14, Hassan and Ross disclose the system discussed above in claim 13,
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`and Hassan further teaches that the processor routine converts the signals to a Group-III
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`facsimile protocol, the system further including a facsimile modem for accepting the signal and
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`transmitting to the compatible receiving station (column 4, line 65 through column 5, line 9).
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`Regarding claim 15, Hassan and Ross disclose the system discussed above in claim 13,
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`and Hassan further teaches of a hardwired transmission system associated with the modem and a
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`switching device for selecting in the alternative either the hardwired or the wireless transmission
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`system (column 3, lines 10 through 17, and column 4, line 65 through column 5, line 9).
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`Regarding claim 16, HaSsan and Ross disclose the system discussed above in claim 13,
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`and Hassan further teaches of a local facsimile receiving system associated with the modem for
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`providing local hard copy of the stored image signals in the memory (column 4, line 65 through
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`column 5, line 22, and column 6, lines 10 through 21).
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`and Hassan further teaches of a switching device for selectively activating and deactivating the
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`local facsimile receiving system (column 6, lines 10 through 21).
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`Regarding claim 18, Hassan and Ross disclose the system discussed above in claim 13,
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`and Hassan further teaches of an integral viewer for viewing the images stored in the memory
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`(LCD display 215, column 4, lines 19 through 64).
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`Regarding claim 29, Hassan discloses the system discussed above in claim 2, but fails to
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`expressly disclose if the image data signal is stored in a raw video format.
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`Ross discloses a self-contained image processing system (see Fig. 1) for capturing a visual image
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`and transmitting it to a remote receiving station, with the system comprising an image capture
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`device (video camera 10, column 3, lines 4 through 5), a processor (control system 22 in Fig. 1,
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`or CPU 44 in Fig. 2) for generating a data signal representing the image (column 3, lines 20
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`through 29, and column 3, line 63 through column 4, line 20), a communications device (Group
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`III fax transmitter 20 in Fig. 1, and fax modem 50 in Fig. 2) adapted for transmitting the data
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`signal to the remote receiving station (column 2, lines 15 through 29, wherein the remote
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`receiving station is inherently included in the system), and a subprocessor (Group III formatter
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`18) for generating a Group-III facsimile compatible signal representing the data signal (column
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`3, lines 30 through 52). Continuing, Ross teaches of a memory for receiving and storing the data
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`signal (RAM 38, column 3, line 65 through column 4, line 11), and that the image data signal is
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`stored in a raw video format (column 3, line 63 through column 4, line 51).
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`Hassan & Ross are combinable because they are from the same field of endeavor, that
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`being systems that transmit images from a camera to a destination via facsimile transmission.
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`At the time of the invention, it would have been obvious to .a person of ordinary skill in
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`the art to include the analog video camera that transmits a video signal, which is taught by Ross,
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`in the system of Hassan.
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`The suggestion/motivation for doing so would have been that Hassan's system would
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`become usable in more formats, as recognized by Ross in column 1, thereby increasing the
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`system‘s desirability.
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`Therefore, it would have been obvious to combine the teachings of Ross with the system
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`of Hassan to‘obtain the invention as specified in claim 29.
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`Claims 19 and 20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over Hassan
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`et al. (US. Patent Number 5,550,646), in view ofRoss (US. Patent Number 5,546,194) and
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`further in view of Wertsberger (US. Patent Number 6,072,600).
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`Regarding claims 19 and 20, Hassan and Ross disclose the system discussed above in
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`claim 13, but fail to expressly disclose if the memory is a removable memory medium which
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`may be selectively removed from the system, with the removable memory medium comprising a
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`PCMCIA ‘card memory.
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`Wertsberger discloses a self-contained image processing‘system,(see Figs. 1 and 2) for
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`capturing a visual image and transmitting it to a remote receiving station (see abstract, column 2,
`line 50 through column 3, line 25), with the system comprising an image capture device (CCD
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`image sensor 1, column 4, lines 5 through 47), a processor (CPU 16) for generating a data signal
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`representing the image (column 4, lines 20 through 58), a communications device (fax modem
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`circuitry 13) adapted for transmitting the data signal to the remote receiving station (column 4,
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`lines 48 through 67), and a wireless transmission system (telephone interface circuitry 15)
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`between the communications device and the compatible receiving station (column 5, lines 1
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`through 6). Continuing, Wertsberger teaches of a memory for receiving and storing the data
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`signal (memory means 11, and secondary storage 20), and wherein the communications device is
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`adapted for recalling the stored data signal from memory (column 4, lines 48 through 67, and
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`column 5, lines 24 through 27). Further, Wertsberger teaches that the memory is a removable
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`memory medium which may be selectively removed from the system (column 5, lines 24
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`through 27), with the removable memory medium comprises a PCMCIA card memory (column
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`5, lines 24 through 27).
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`Hassan, Ross & Wertsberger are combinable because they are each from the same field
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`of endeavor, that being systems that transmit images from a camera to a destination via facsimile
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`transmission.
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`At the time of the invention, it would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill in
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`the art to include theremovable PCMCIA card memory, which is taught by Wertsberger, in the
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`system of Hassan and Ross.
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`The suggestion/motivation for doing so would have been that the system of Hassan and
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`Ross would become more user-friendly, since allowing a user to load data on a portable,
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`removable memory would aid the user's options of data storage, as recognized in column 5 by
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`Wertsberger.
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`Therefore, it would have been obvious to combine the teachings of Wertsberger with the
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`system of Hassan and Ross to obtain the invention as specified in claims 19 and 20.
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