Appeal No. 1998-1110
Application No. 08/391,263
"2" and "4." Following that example of a first aggregate, the
claimed "second aggregate" may be seen, for example, in Fig.
13(d) as comprising the set of picture elements {2,4,6,8}, or
{10,12,14,16}, etc. Such a "second aggregate" includes a copy
of more than one of the first aggregates, e.g. "24" and "68."
Upon a careful review of Nickerson et al., Daher, and
Adams et al., we fail to find that these references teach or
suggest "parallel aggregation" as the term is defined by
Appellants, whether it be aggregation of a copy of more than
one picture element into a "first aggregate," or aggregation
of a copy of more than one "first aggregate" into a "second
aggregate." We agree with the Examiner that Nickerson et al.
teaches transforming a first representation of an information
pattern into a second representation of the information
pattern. We agree with the Examiner that Daher teaches row
and column wise compression of image data where a copy of one
or more original picture elements is maintained in the "first
compression means." We agree with the Examiner that Adams et
al. teaches the compression of image data in a parallel
manner. We fail to find, however, that any reference teaches
parallel aggregation of picture elements or prior aggregates
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