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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                                for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19              

                       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 D. MAURER                                             
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                                            Appeal No. 2004-0204                                              
                                          Application No. 09/231,128                                          
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                                                 ON BRIEF                                                     
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            Before KRASS, JERRY SMITH, and RUGGIERO,  Administrative Patent Judges.                           
            KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                               




                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                 
                   This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-3, 7-11, 14, 16          
            and 18-20.                                                                                        
                   The invention pertains to processing compressed video streams.  In particular,             
            the invention provides for detecting content based defects in a video stream by testing           
            the field data and changes in field data to generate an appropriate alarm signal for an           
            operator.                                                                                         

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