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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte EMMANUEL D.L.M. FRIMOUT, STEPHANUS J.J. NIJSSEN
and JOHAN P.M.G. LINNARTZ
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Appeal No. 2002-2327
Application No. 09/142,549
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ON BRIEF
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Before JERRY SMITH, RUGGIERO, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative
Patent Judges.
RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1-11, which are all of the claims pending in the present
application.
The claimed invention relates to the embedding of
supplemental data, such as a watermark, in a digital signal to
identify the digital signal as being authentic. In contrast to
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