The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not
written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board
Paper No.31
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte STEVEN M. HANCOCK and MARK A. PIETRAS
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Appeal No.1999-2818
Application No.08/502,037
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ON BRIEF
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Before URYNOWICZ, BARRETT, and BARRY, Administrative Patent
Judges.
URYNOWICZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
Decision on Appeal
This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 1 and 3-29,
all the claims pending in the application. In the answer to
appellants’ brief, the examiner stated that he now considers claim
23 allowable in view of the brief.
We reverse but enter a new ground of rejection.
The invention pertains to apparatus and method of modifying a
blitter operation. Claim 1 is illustrative and reads as follows:
1. Apparatus for modifying a blitter operation which, in
response to a blitter request, converts source image data
to target image data in a manner specified by a blitter
description, the apparatus being responsive to a change
in the blitter description and comprising:
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