Appeal No. 1996-4091
Application 08/167,394
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection
of claims 1 through 4, all of the claims present in the applica-
tion.
The invention is directed to a method and apparatus for
converting a digital high definition television signal which is
digitally compressed and contains coded data into a standard
television signal which is compressed and has coded data in
another format.
Independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A method for transcoding a first group of
macroblocks of a first digital television signal, to a co-sited
macroblock of second digital television signal, said method
comprising the steps of:
a) deriving from each of said first group of
macroblocks, corresponding HD macroblock information; and
b) deriving SD macroblock information for said co-sited
macroblock directly from said HD macroblock information so as to
form said second digital television signal.
The reference relied on by the Examiner is:
Ng 5,262,854 Nov. 16, 1993
The Examiner objected to Appellants' specification
under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, for failing to provide an
enabling disclosure. Claims 1 through 4 stand rejected under
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