The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 31 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte TAKAAKI OTA and MARK SCHAFFER _____________ Appeal No. 1998-1325 Application No. 08/027,783 ______________ HEARD: OCTOBER 12, 2000 _______________ Before HAIRSTON, BARRY, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges. HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 58. The disclosed invention relates to a method and apparatus for use in a video compression system that detects linearPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007