Ex Parte BARNES et al - Page 1



            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                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
                                     ____________                                     
                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
                                     ____________                                     
                              Ex parte ROBERT D. BARNES                               
                               and ROBERT C. GEMPERLINE                               
                                     ____________                                     
                                 Appeal No. 2004-1031                                 
                              Application No. 09/448,952                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
                                     ____________                                     
          Before HAIRSTON, GROSS, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.            
          HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      


                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through         
          5, 7 through 14, 16 through 28 and 30 through 41.                           
               The disclosed invention relates to a method of compressing             
          uncompressed image data based upon descriptive data associated with         
          the uncompressed image data.                                                







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