Appeal No. 1997-0896
Application 08/141,610
including a sequence of N data bits from the bit position of
the respective N data words; and
run length encoding means connected to said sequencing
means, comprising
string counter means for counting first strings of
bits of a first value terminated by a bit of a
second value, subject to a first maximum string
length, and for counting second strings of the
second value terminated by a bit of the first value,
subject to a second maximum string length, in said
bit stream, and string encoding means for encoding a
bit string code for said first and second maximum
string lengths and for each possible first string
length and each possible second string length,
whereby said run length encoding means outputs a
series of bit string codes for the bit streams of
the group of N data words.
The references relied on by the Examiner are as
follows:
Aono et al. (Aono) 5,056,154 Oct. 8, 1991
Wilson 5,353,026 Oct. 4, 1994
(filed Dec. 15, 1992)
Appellant’s Admitted Prior Art (APA)
Claims 1 through 11, 13 through 27, 29 through 37 and 45
stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, as
being incomplete.
Claims 1 through 11, 13 through 17, 19 through 27, 29
through 37 and 45 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
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