Appeal No. 1997-2398
Application No. 08/354,929
two references disclose. In support thereof, the appellant
argues (Brief, page 4) that the use of truncated bit width
pixel comparison in motion estimation is not suggested by
Music or Gobert. Appellant contends (Brief, page 5) that,
unlike the instant invention defined by the claims, the bit-
width truncation taught by Music relates to RGB color
components for the expressed purpose of reducing the quantity
of data transmitted and improving data compression efficiency.
Appellant further asserts that neither Gobert nor Music
recognizes the advantage or the feasibility of using bit-width
truncation in motion estimation and neither reference supplies
any specific motivation for its use.
According to the appellant (Brief, page 7), the combination of
Gobert and Music would result in a system that produces an
additional computational error that deters the combination of
the Gobert and Music teachings.
In response to appellant’s first argument, the examiner
points to column 4, lines 10-35 of the disclosure of Music for
motivation for the combined teachings of Music with Gobert
(Answer, page 6). Further, the examiner asserts (Answer, page
7) that based on the teachings in column 14, lines 2-17 of
7
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