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`36. The method of claim 32 wherein the second displayable indicia comprises an
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`INTERNATIONAL SEARCH REPORT
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`lntemational application No.
`PCT/USOO/21707
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`CLASSIFICATION OF SUBJECT MATTER
`A.
`IPC(7)
`:GOéF 13/00; H04N 7/173
`US CL
`:725/41, 112; 348/473.
`According to lntemational Patent Classification (IPC) or to both national classification and IPC
`B.
`FIELDS SEARCHED
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`Minimum documentation searched (classification system followed by classification symbols)
`U.S.
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`725/41, 112; 348/473.
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`Documentation searched other than minimum documentation to the extent that such documents are included in the fields searched
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`Electronic data base consulted during the international search (name of data base and, where practicable, search terms used)
`EAST
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`URL, hotspots, icon, or link; animated graphic
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`DOCUMENTS CONSIDERED TO BE RELEVANT
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`Citation of document with indication, where appropriate, of the relevant passages
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`Relevant to claim No.
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`lines 15-18
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`US 5,774,666 A (PORTUESI) 30 June 1998; Abstract; Fig. 2; Fog.
`3; 3, lines 25-35; ciol. 4, lines 18-25;c 01. 8. lines 55-65.
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`US 5,929,849 A (KIKINIS) 27 July 1999; Abstract; col. 9, lines
`25-35; col. 3, lines 25-32.
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`US 5,95‘t‘7,708 A (WOLFF) 08 December 1998; Fig. 2; col. 7, lines
`28-45.
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`US 5,880,731 A (LILES); 09 March 1999; Abstract, lines 1-5; col.
`3, lines 4—45;
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`US 5,883,621 A (IWAMURA) 16 March 1999; Abstract; col. 6,
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`See patent family annex.
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`'3 Further documents are listed in the continuation of Box C.
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`Special categories of cited documents:
`later document published after the international filing date or priority
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`date and not in conflict with the application but cited to understand
`document defining the general state of the art which is not considered
`the principle or theory underlying the invention
`to be of particular relevance
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`earlier document ublished on or after the international filin date
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`document which may throw doubts on priority claim(s) or which is
`ctted to establish the publication date of another Citation or other
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`special reason (as spec1fied’)
`document of particular relevancea the claimed invention cannot be
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`considered to involve an inventive step when the document is
`document referring to an oral disclosure, use. exhibition or other
`combined With one or more other such documents. such combination
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`means
`being obvrous to a person skilled in the art
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`document published prior to the international filing date but later than
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`document member of the same patent family
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`the priority date claimed
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`Date of the actual completion of the international search
`Date of mailing of the intemational Search report
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`20 NOVEMBER 2000
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`Authorized officer '
`Name and mailing address of the ISA/US
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`Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
`Box PCT
`REUBEN BROWN " /
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`Washington. DC. 20231
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`Facsimile No.
`(703) 305-3230
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`document or pamcular relevance; the claimed invention cannot be
`considered novel or cannot be considered to involve an inventive step
`when ”1‘ document 13 taken alone
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