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          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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of                 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. 12              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                               Ex parte VINOD MENEZES                                 
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                                Appeal No. 1999-0016                                  
                               Application 08/638,071                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before HAIRSTON, FLEMING, and HECKER, Administrative Patent                 
          Judges.                                                                     
          FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of               
          claims 1 through 12, all the claims pending in the present                  
          application.                                                                
               The invention relates to a method and system for                       
          processing speech or image data using lossy techniques.                     
          Appellant discloses on page 1 of the specification that                     

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