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publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MICHAEL G. PERKINS
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Appeal No. 1997-0410
Application No. 08/041,446
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ON BRIEF
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Before KRASS, DIXON, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges.
DIXON, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-12,
which are all of the claims pending in this application.
We REVERSE.
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a method and apparatus for effecting seamless
data rate changes in a video compression system. An understanding of the invention can
be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced below.
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