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               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               today was not written for publication and is not                       
               binding precedent of the Board.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. 21           


                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                                                                     
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                                                                     
                                 Ex parte ANDRE KAUP                                  
                                                                                     
                                Appeal No. 2003-1692                                  
                             Application No. 09/835,347                               
                                                                                     
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                                                                     

          Before KRASS, FLEMING and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.              
          KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of               
          claims 1-19.                                                                
               The invention is directed to the coding and decoding of a              
          digital picture, best illustrated by reference to representative            
          independent claim 1, reproduced as follows:                                 
               1.  A method for coding a digitized picture, the method                
          which comprises:                                                            

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