Appeal No. 1999-1520
Application No. 08/634,203
reference block (picture information storage unit 2). Compare instant Figure 1, with
reference block analyzer 3 controlling selection of pixels based on reference block data
input to terminal 1.
The examiner has not pointed out where Yamada contains the above-noted
requirements of instant claim 1, and we are unable to find the relevant features disclosed in
the reference. We therefore do not sustain the rejection of claim 1, nor of the claims
dependent therefrom.
The requirements of method claim 19, in the adaptive determination of pixels in the
reference block and check block, are similar to those of apparatus claim 1. For
substantially the reasons previously noted, we do not sustain the rejection of claim 19, nor
its dependent claims. We therefore do not sustain the section 102 rejection of claims 1-3,
8, 19-21, and 26.
The examiner adds the teachings of Kondo to those of Yamada for several features
of independent and dependent claims which are deemed to be absent from Yamada.
According to the Answer at page 6, in regard to claims 13-18 and 31-36 (claims 13 and
31 independent), Kondo is relied upon for a showing of dividing reference and check
blocks into sub-block levels.
Independent claims 13 and 31, as the rejection appears to acknowledge, require
basic features which are recited in broader claims 1 and 19. Claim 13 sets forth analyzing
means for adaptive determination of pixels from reference block data, and selecting
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