Appeal No. 1997-0201 Application No. 08/140,318 The Examiner relies on the following prior art: Komarek et al. (Komarek), “Array Architectures for Block Matching Algorithms,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, vol. 36, no. 10 (October 1989). De Vos et al. (De Vos), “Parameterizable VLSI Architectures for the Full-Search Block-Matching Algorithm,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, vol. 36, no. 10 (October 1989). Claims 4-14 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Komarek in view of De Vos. Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellant and the Examiner, reference is made to the Brief and Answer for the respective details thereof. OPINION We have carefully considered the subject matter on appeal, the rejection advanced by the Examiner and the evidence of obviousness relied upon by the Examiner as support for the rejection. We have, likewise, reviewed and taken into consideration, in reaching our decision, Appellant’s arguments set forth in the Brief along with the Examiner’s rationale in support of the rejection and arguments in rebuttal set forth in the Examiner’s Answer. 4Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007