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          Appeal No. 2002-0716                                                        
          Application 09/092,255                                                      

               a demultiplexer, for extracting from said video information            
          stream said plurality of substantially full dynamic range encoded           
          video signal components; and                                                
               a plurality of standard compression decoders responding to             
          at least inter frame coding each standard compression decoder               
          comprising a substantially full dynamic range decoding channel              
          and a plurality of partial dynamic range decoding channels, each            
          standard decoder being associated with a respective substantially           
          full dynamic range encoded video signal component, each standard            
          compression encoder decoding, using said respective substantially           
          full dynamic range decoding channel, said respective                        
          substantially full dynamic range encoded video signal component             
          to produce a respective substantially full dynamic range decoded            
          video signal component.                                                     

                                   References                                         
               The references relied on by the Examiner are as follows:               
               Heyl                5,486,929           Jan  23, 1996                  
               Tanaka              5,541,739           Jul. 30, 1996                  
               Naimpally           5,589,993           Dec. 31, 1996                  
               Enari (EPO)         0,649,261 A2        Apr. 19, 1995                  

                              Rejections at Issue                                     
               Claims 29, 31, 33 through 39, 46 through 53, 56, 59 through            
          66, 69, 72 through 76, 78 and 79 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.             
          § 103 as being unpatentable over Heyl, Tanaka and Naimpally.                
          Claims 30, 32, 54, 57, 67, 70 and 77 stand rejected under                   
          35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Heyl, Tanaka and                 
          Naimpally in view of Enari.                                                 
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