Ex parte TAYLOR et al. - Page 1




                               THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                                                          

               The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law               
               journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ROY Y. TAYLOR                                                            
                                                 and PAUL W. MELNYCHUCK                                                              
                                                         _____________                                                               

                                                      Appeal No. 1996-3638                                                           
                                                      Application 08/169,681                                                         
                                                         ______________                                                              

                                                            ON BRIEF                                                                 
                                                        _______________                                                              

               Before  JERRY SMITH, FLEMING, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                

               FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                 



                                                    DECISION ON APPEAL                                                               

                       This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 9, all of the claims                

               pending in the present application.                                                                                   

                       The invention relates to a method and apparatus for storing, retrieving and displaying depth                  

               images stored in a multi-resolution format.                                                                           

                                                                 1                                                                   





Page:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  Next 

Last modified: November 3, 2007