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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte KATSUJI IGARASHI, JUN YONEMITSU, YOICHI YAGASAKI, YASUSHI FUJINAMI, TOMOYUKI SATO, MOTOKI KATO, and TERUHIKO SUZUKI ____________ Appeal No. 1998-1322 Application No. 08/454,068 ____________ HEARD: May 16, 2000 ____________ Before BARRETT, RUGGIERO, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges. BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 5, 11, 14, and 18. We reverse. BACKGROUND The invention at issue in this appeal relates to predictive encoding and decoding of a television picture. ByPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007