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           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           for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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.  By               






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