The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte VINOD MENEZES __________ Appeal No. 1999-0016 Application 08/638,071 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ 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 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007