Ex parte GO - Page 4




          Appeal No. 1998-1895                                       Page 4           
          Application No. 08/425,990                                                  


                    decoding said low-frequency information, thereby                  
               obtaining a decoded low-frequency image; and                           
                    performing an inverse wavelet transform on said                   
               decoded low-frequency image and said pair of high-                     
               frequency images.                                                      



               Besides the appellant‘s admitted prior art (AAPA), the                 
          references relied on in rejecting the claims follow:                        
               Schreiber                     3,035,121           May  15,             
               1962                                                                   
          Toriu et al. (Toriu)          4,908,872           Mar. 13, 1990             
                   Ohsawa et al. (Ohsawa)   5,124,811           June 23,             
                    1992                                                              
               van der Wal              5,359,674           Oct. 25, 1994             
                                             filed Dec. 11, 1991                      
               Carnahan                 5,414,780           May   9, 1995             
                                             filed Jan. 27, 1993.                     
          Claims 1-5, 15-19, 26, and 79 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.                
          § 103 as obvious over Schreiber in view of van der Wal further              
          in view of Carnahan or AAPA.  Claims 6 and 8 stand rejected                 
          under § 103 as obvious over Schreiber in view of van der Wal                
          further in view of Carnahan or AAPA even further in view of                 
          Ohsawa.  Claims 9, 10, 12-14, 27-33, and 80-86 stand rejected               
          under § 103 as obvious over Schreiber in view of van der Wal                







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