Appeal No. 1996-4091
Application 08/167,394
quantizer information) into SD macroblock information (e.g., SD
type, motion vector and quantizer information). Appellants argue
that Ng's Figure 4 does not transcode HD macroblock information
directly into SD macroblock information.
On page 4 of the answer, the Examiner argues that Ng
discloses all the claimed subject matter of claim 1. In
particular, the Examiner argues that Figure 4 discloses the
method for deriving SD macroblock information for said co-sited
macroblocks directly from said HD macroblock information so as to
form said second digital television signal as recited in
Appellants' claim 1. In particular, the Examiner directs us to
column 5, line 30, through column 6, line 45, of Ng for support
that Ng discloses the direct conversion of the HD macroblock
information into the SD macroblock information.
As pointed out by our reviewing court, we must first
determine the scope of the claim. "[T]he name of the game is the
claim." In re Hiniker Co., 150 F.3d 1362, 1369, 47 USPQ2d 1523,
1529 (Fed. Cir. 1998).
We note that Appellants' claim 1 recites the step
of deriving from each of the first group of macroblocks,
corresponding HD macroblock information. We further note
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