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`In re Application of:
`Pavel Mayer et al.
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`Filed: December 17, 1996
`Serial No.: 08/767,829
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`Examiner: P. Nguyen
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`Group Artunit2772
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`FoT: METHOD AND DEVICE FOR
`PICTORIAL REPRESENTATION
`OF SPACE-RELATED DATA
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`Attorney Docket l-13416
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`May 7,1999
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`AMENDMENT
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`Honorable Sir:
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`Responsive to the outstanding Examiner's Action dated February I1,1999, applicants
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`have carefully studied the references cited by the Examiner and the Examiner's comments relative
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`thereto, Favorable reconsideration of this application is respectfully requested in light of the
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`following detailed discussion.
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`On page two of the Office Action, the Examiner correctly presumes "that the subject
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`matter of the various claims was commonly owned at the time any invention covered therein were
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`made . . . ." The Examiner's presumption is correct even though the application currently names
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`joint inventors. Therefore, applicants respectfully request the Examiner to evaluate the
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`application on the grounds that the various claims were commonly owned at the time the
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`invention was made.
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`Also, on page two of the Office Action, the Examiner has listed the patent number of
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`Iwamura et al as "5,602,566." Applicants are assuming that the Examiner intended to list the
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`Iwamura et al patent number as5,602,564 since 5,602,566 pertains to a different inventor and
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`completely different subj ect matter.
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`The Examiner has rejected claims 1-37 under 35 U.S,C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over
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`Shimada (4,847,788) in view of Iwamura et al (5,602,564). In the Office Action, the Examiner
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`provided specific reasons for rejecting claims 35-37. The specific points of the Examiner's
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`rejection of claims 35-37 are addressed first below. The Examiner's rejection of claims l-34
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`"[d]ue to [their] similarity . . . to claims 35-37. . . under a similar reason" is addressed secondly.
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`It is respectfully submitted that applicants invention, as defined in claims 7-37, as previously
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`amended, exhibits novelty over Shimada in view of Iwamura.
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`Regarding claim 35, the Examiner stated Shimada teaches the "'method of pictorial
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`representation of space related data' comprising: 'input medium (Shimada, figure 2); a plurality
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`of spatially distributed data sources (Shimada, figure 1); and one device for determining the
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`representation (Shimada, figure 23).'" The Examiner noted that although
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`Shimada does not explicitly teach 'selectable direction of view' as claimed . . .
`'direction of view' is a well known factor for displaying the retrieved object (Iwamura,
`figure 23). Thus, it would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art at the time
`the invention was made, in view of the teaching of Iwamura, to
`configure Shimada's system
`as claimed.
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`It is respectfully submitted that applicants invention, as defined in claims 35-37, as
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`previously amended, exhibits novelty over Shimada in view of Iwamura.
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`The Examiner references Shimada, figure 2 for the assertion that it teaches the claimed
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`"input medium" of claim 35. Shimada's specification at column 3, lines 9-15 describing figure
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`2 states, "204 denotes a keyboard, numerals 205 and 206 denote, respectively, a tablet and a stylus
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`for designating locations subjected to editing, and a numeral 207 denotes a drawing data input
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`device for fetching the drawing or map data in terms of image data for vector analysis to derive
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`coordinate data." Applicants specification at page 33, lines 14-20 describes the "input medium"
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`as comprised of a "three-dimensional track ball in conjunction with a space-mouse with six
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`degrees of freedom, in order to be able to alter both the location and direction of view of the
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`observer, Automatic positioning-fixing systems can also be considered as further input media,
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`such as are used in navigation aids for motor vehicles or aircraft." Applicants respectflilly submit
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`that the Examiner's comparison of Applicants input medium of claim 35 and Shimada's figure
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`2 is misplaced. Applicants input medium functions to enter in the location and/or the direction
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`of view of the observer. However, the devices depicted in figure 2 of Shimada are intended for
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`"fetching the drawing or map data. . . to derive coordinate data. Shimada is only concerned with
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`the display of 2-dimensional geographical data, i.e. maps, without taking into account the position
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`and view of the observer. Thus, Shimada does not teach the method of this application which is
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`mainly concerned with organization of data with respect to an observer.
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`To the contrary, Iwamura is concerned with the graphic representation of objects
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`depending on the position and view of the observer (see fig. 2A-2C). Further, Iwamura discloses
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`distributed memories and computers, connected via a network used to transfer data from the
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`storage medium to remote computers for display. It further discloses the selection of view by a
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`mouse, a glove, a head-mounted binocular display, etc.
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`However, Iwamura is concemed with displaying map-like 2-dimensional data and 3-
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`dimensional object representation in the same window. For this it discloses a parallelepiped
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`window mechanism for manipulating a virtual 3-dimensional window. Such mechanism is not
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`mentioned or claimed in the present application.
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`Iwamura is completely silent on the way to store, retrieve and assemble the data. Further,
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`Iwamura fails to mention the claimed method for handling large amounts of data.
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`The Examiner claimed that in a general Shimada case of 3-D display, the "direction of
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`view"is a known factor for displaying the retrieved object (Iwamura, Fig.23). The Examiner
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`further stated it would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art at the time the
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`invention was made, in view of the teachings of Iwamura, to configure Shimada's system as
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`claimed.
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`Applicants respectfully submit that the Examiner's suggestion that the combination of
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`Shimada and Iwamura as teaching applicants invention is misplaced. The Examiner concedes in
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`the Office Action that Shimada fails to teach applicants claimed "selectable direction of view."
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`There is no suggestion or incentive for the Examiner to combine the cited references. Even if
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`proper, the combination of references does not result in the claimed invention. Obviousness
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`cannot be established by combining the teachings of prior art to produce the claimed invention,
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`absent some teaching or suggestion supporting the combination. In light of the above discussion,
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`it would not have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art at the time the invention
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`was made, in view of the teachings of Iwamura, to configure Shimada's system as claimed.
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`TheExaminerinterpretsFig.lofShimadaasshowinea
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`datasources.However,Fig.1disclosesa@,whichareallstoredinthe
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`single file storage unit of Fig. 2a. Figure I of Shimada merely shows how data are divided into
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`pages to be stored (col. 4, lines 1-2). It does not show, either explicitly or implicitly, that the data
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`is stored in a plurality of spatially distributed data sources like the present invention.
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`The present invention utilizes the spatially distributed data sources to call up, store and./or
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`generate space-related data. The data sources include data memories and/or other data sources
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`which call up and/or generate space-related data. This method differs from Shimada by
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`providing the capability of a database not limited by the size of the central data memory.
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`Therefbre, the amount of available data is not limited and can be extended at will. The present
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`invention further differs from Shimada in that the servicing and updating of the database can be
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`effected in a distributed manner and preferably in the vicinity of the spatial area.
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`The Examiner has also claimed that figure 23 of Shimada teaches "one device for
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`determining the representation." Figure 23 shows only the process of combining and dividing the
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`pages of one map, which is completely different from the present invention. The present
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`application is not at all concemed with the reassembly of pages or sections, it is suffrcient if the
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`pages or sections fit together when they appear at their designated location. This invention is
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`concerned with managing a practically infinite number of data, which are stored on different
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`computer systems connected though a network and with retrieving/transferring the minimum
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`number of data necessary to provide a representation of the object with sufficient screen
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`resolution in any part of the screen.
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`The difference between Shimada and the present invention is further demonstrated by Fig.
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`8 which depicts an explicit page list with direct access to the coordinates of the data, which with
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`large maps, e.g. maps of the whole earth, becomes unmanageable in the central storage unit (main
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`memory). In the present invention each part, i.e. section, of the represented data is loaded only
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`in the topographical resolution to achieve suffrcient screen detail. Thus, not all available data of
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`a section is loaded into main memory thereby reducing the size of transmitted data and the size
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`of the main memory without the need for any "page/section."
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`The Examiner rejected claims 36 and 37 arguing their subject matter is taught by Fig.26
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`of Iwamura. Claims 36 and 37 each depend on claim 35, either directly or indirectly, and contain
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`all of the limitations thereof. Therefore, claims 36 and 37 are also patentable over Shimada,
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`Moreover, claim 36 claims an input medium for entering the location and/or the direction
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`of view of the virtual observer. This medium may consist of a keyboard, a graphic tablet, a space
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`mouse, a 3-dimensional track ball, a virtual camera or a model of the object observed. In contrast,
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`Fig. 26 of Iwamura shows a 3-dimensional window management table. The table stores the
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`coordinate values of active windows to ensure that the most recently opened window is not
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`overlapped by an older window (col. 17, lines 14-52). The table neither explicitly or implicitly
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`addresses the method of entrlz of the location or the direction of view of the virtual observer as
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`claim 36 teaches. Accordingly, claim 36 is patentable for this additional reason.
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`The Examiner similarly rejected claim 37 arguing its subject matter is also taught by Fig.
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`26 of Iwamura. However, Fig, 26 completely fails to mention the use of an asynchronous
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`transmission protocal for the data transmission network taught by claim 37. Accordingly, claim
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`37 is patentable for this additional reason.
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`The Examiner's rejection of claims 1-34 "[d]ue to [their] similarity . . . to claims 35-37
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`. . . under a similar reason" will now be addressed.
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`Claim 1 of the applicants invention teaches a method to store, retrieve and display space
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`related data of a selectable object with a preset image resolution. To obtain this resolution, data
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`of the object are loaded in a basic topographical resolution and displayed. Subsequently, the field
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`of view is divided into sections. Each section displays parts of the object with different distances
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`from the observer. This requires that each section possess data on a different topographic scale.
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`The individual sections are checked to ensure they each are displayed in sufficient screen
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`resolution. If the resolution is not sufficient, data or higher topographical resolution of this
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`section are requested, transferred and displayed. This step is repeated for ever smaller sections.
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`The result of the repetition of the request, transfer and display of data produces the object with
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`the required screen resolution.
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`Due to the amount of data required, the highest resolution of an object cannot be stored
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`centrally. Therefore, these data are locally stored in a distributed system and only transferred
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`upon request.
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`Shimada discloses a method for splitting and reassembling given maps, which are 2-
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`dimensional geographic data, into pages. In other words, Shimada breaks down large maps into
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`chunks for easier storage and retrieval. Shimada is not at all concerned with the screen resolution.
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`Nor is Shimada concerned with the handling of data volumes. This fact is illustrated by
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`Shimada's Fig.2a which shows all data is stored in the central storage unit. Shimada also fails
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`to teach the use of a network to transfer data as in the present invention. Lastly, Shimada, unlike
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`the present invention, does not take into account the position and view of the observer.
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`Accordingly, claim 1 is patentable for this reason.
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`Although Iwamura discloses the representation of objects with respect to the position and
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`view of the observer, distributed memories and computers connected via a network, and a
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`method to select the observer's view, Iwamura is completely silent on the way to store, retrieve
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`and assemble the data. Accordingly, claim i is patentable for this additional reason.
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`Claims 2-34 each depend on claim 1, either directly or indirectly, and contain all of the
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`limitations thereof. Therefore, claims 2-34 Ne also patentable over Shimada in view of Iwamura.
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`For the foregoing reasons, applicants submit that the present invention is patentable over
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`the combined teachings of Shimada in view of Iwamura. There is no suggestion or incentive for
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`the Examiner to combine the cited references. Even if proper, the combination of references does
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`not result in the claimed invention. The Examiner has the burden of demonstrating that
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`applicants claimed invention is prima facie obvious. Obviousness cannot be established by
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`combining the teachings of the prior art to produce the claimed invention, absent some teaching
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`or suggestion supporting the combination. The mere fact that the prior art may be modified does
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`not make the modification obvious unless the prior art suggested the desirability of the
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`modification. In re Fritch, 23 U.S.P.Q.2d 1780, 1783-1784 (CAFC, 1992). Applicants
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`respectfully submit that the present invention as defined in the claims is patentable over the
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`teachings of Shimada in view of Iwamura.
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`The prior art cited, but not relied upon, by the Examiner in the rejection has been studied
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`and is not considered to be any more pertinent than the art relied upon by the Examiner.
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`In view ofthe previous amendments to the claims and the above arguments, it is submitted
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`that the claims of record now properly define applicants invention and distinguish the same over
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`the prior art ofrecord. Therefore, the application appears to be in condition for allowance.
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`Accordingly, an early Notice of Allowance is respectfully requested.
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`Should the Examiner wish to modifu any ofthe language of the claims, applicants attorney
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`suggests a telephone interview in order to expedite the
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`ution of the application.
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`Phillip S. Oberlin
`Registration No. 19,066
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`ATTORNEYS:
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`MARSHALL & MELHORN
`Four SeaGate, Eighth Floor
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`Deposit January 20. 2000 I hereby certify that this paper or fee is
`being deposited with the United States Postal Service "Express Mail
`Post Office to Addressee" service under 37 CFR 1.10 on the date
`indicated above and is addressed to the Box CPA, Assistant
`Commissioner for Patents, Washington, D.C. 20231
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`IN THE LN{ITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`In re Applicatiori of:
`Pavel Mayer et al.
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`Filed: December 17, 1996
`Serial No.: 08/767.829
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`Examiner: P. Nguyen
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`Group Artunit2772
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`For: METHOD AND DEVICE FOR
`PICTORIAL REPRESENTATION]
`OF SPACE-RELATED DATA ]
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`Attorney Docket l-13416
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`January 20,2000
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`PRELIMINARY AMENDMENT
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`a method of providing a pictorial representation of space-related data of a selectable
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`object, the representation corresponding to the view of the object by an observer with a selectable
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`location and a selectable direction of view comprising:
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`(a) providing a plurality of spatially distributed data sources for storing space-related
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`data;
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`(b) determining a field of view including the area of the object to be represented through
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`the selection of the distance of the observer to the object and the angle of view of the observer to
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`(c) requesting data for the field of view from at least one of the plurality of spatially
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`clistributed clata sources:
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`(d) centrall)/ storing the data fbr the field of view;
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`(e) representing the data for the field of view in a pictorial representation having one or
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`(f) dividing each of the one or more sections having image resolutions below a desired
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`image resolution into a plurality of smaller sections, requesting higher resolution space related
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`data for each of the smaller sections from at least one of the plurality of spatially distributed data
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`sources, centrally storing the higher resolution space related data, and representing the data for
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`the freld of view in a pictorial representation; and
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`(g) repeating step (f), dividing the sections into smaller sections, until every section has
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`removir1g the data of a section from the central store when the section passes out of the field of
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`determining the data and/or the co-cordinates of the data in terms of a new co-ordinate system.
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`detenninirrg the data and/or the co-cordinates of the data in terms of a new co-ordinate system.
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`determining a probability for the regions surrounding the field of view that the regions will pass
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`into the fleld of viei.v when there is an alteration in the location or of the angle of view of the
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`REMARKS
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`Applicant has canceled claims l-37 , and added new claims 38-79. Favorable
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`consicleration of these claims is respectfully requested,
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`Regarding the cited references, Shimada shows a plurality of different maps in layers A-D
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`corresponding to the same district and teaches dealing with the correspondence between pages
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`having different scales. Shimada does not teach the method of continually dividing and
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`subdividing sections of the pictorial representaion having unacceptable resolution into smaller
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`ar-rd smaller sections, recluesting higher resolution space related data for each of these smaller
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`sections and repeating this process until every section has an acceptable resolution or no more
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`higlier resolution data is available. Shimada explicitly states in claim I that "each layer
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`comprises the complete data of a different map".
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`While Shimada teaches a plurality of spatialy distributed data, Shimada does not teach
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`using a plurality of spatialy distributed data sources for storing the space-related data. Fig. 2a of
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`Shimada shows only one single file storage unit for all the maps and does not show a network
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`communicating between spatialy distributed data sources.
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`For these reasons, newly added independent claim 38, and claims 39-Tgdepending
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`therefiom, are patentable over the cited references. Accordingly, it is believed that the
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`application is in condition for allowance,
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`Respectfully submitted,
`MARSHALL & MELHORN
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`Patrick D. Floyd
`Registration No. 39,67 I
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`ATTORNEYS
`MARSI]ALL & MELHORN
`Four SeaGate/Eighth Floor
`Toledo, Ohio 43604
`(419) 249-7132
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