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                    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          for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18           
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
                                     ____________                                      
                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                    
                                     ____________                                      
                                 Ex parte EIJI IWATA                                   
                                     ____________                                      
                                 Appeal No. 1997-0201                                  
                              Application No. 08/140,318                               
                                     ____________                                      
                                       ON BRIEF                                        
                                     ____________                                      
          Before MARTIN, JERRY SMITH, and RUGGIERO, Administrative                     
          Patent Judges.                                                               
          RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       


                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of                
          claims 4-14, all of the claims pending in the present                        
          application.  Claims 1-3 have been canceled.  An amendment                   
          after final rejection was filed February 27, 1996 and was                    
          entered by the Examiner.                                                     
               The disclosed invention relates to a processing circuit                 
          for detecting and processing a motion vector used for picture                





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