Ex parte SONOBE et al. - Page 1




                                             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                 publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                            
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                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                   Ex parte KENICHI SONOBE, TOSHIFUMI NAKAMURA,                                                                         
                                               TAKASHI OKABE and TAKENORI OBARA                                                                         
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                                                          Appeal No. 1998-0741                                                                          
                                                       Application 08/194,2791                                                                          
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before URYNOWICZ, HAIRSTON and DIXON, Administrative Patent                                                                            
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 URYNOWICZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                

                 Decision on Appeal                                                                                                                     
                 This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 2-11,                                                                                
                 all the claims pending in the application.                                                                                             
                 The invention pertains to an image data processor.  Claim                                                                              
                 2 is illustrative and reads as follows:                                                                                                



                          1    Application for patent filed February 10, 1994.                                                                          
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