Appeal No. 1997-2310
Application No. 08/329,945
adjacent stripes (i-1) and (i+1), respectively, for processing
by sub-decoder i. In other words, each frame delay provides
data from a single stripe of the previous frame, and,
therefore, does not store both reconstructed data and
reconstructed adjacent data. The sub-decoder uses
reconstructed data and reconstructed adjacent data, but there
is no indication that both types of data are stored in the
same memory in Knee. Accordingly, Knee does not disclose
every element of claims 6, 15, and 23, and consequently does
not anticipate claims 6, 15, and 23.
As to the obviousness rejection of claims 1 through 7, 9
through 17, 19 through 25, and 27 through 35 over Retter in
view of Knee, the examiner contends (Final Rejection, pages 4-
5, and Answer, pages 5-7) that it would have been obvious to
combine Knee's teaching to use adjacent data for motion
picture processing with Retter's still picture processing
system to allow the device to process both still and motion
pictures. Appellant argues (Brief, page 8) that nothing in
Retter nor Knee would suggest combining a JPEG (still picture)
system with an MPEG (motion picture) system, and that one
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