Appeal No. 1998-1110
Application No. 08/391,263
Adams et al. teaches image compression by parallel
processing, but otherwise fails to teach the limitations of
the claim. The Adams et al. compression method is discussed
at page 400, left column, second paragraph: "[t]he rows are
shifted one position north and tested using an inclusive 'OR'
with the original image (figure 5b) and then the columns are
shifted west one position and tested with an inclusive 'OR'
with the original image." The "OR" function proposed by Adams
would certainly result in the alteration in value of picture
elements, which fails to satisfy the claim limitation that
"copies" of plural picture elements are aggregated.
Thus, we fail to find that the combination proposed by
the Examiner would have resulted in the claimed invention.
Appellants' independent claims 2, 4, 8, 9, and 10
contain limitations parallel to those contained in claim 1,
i.e., parallel aggregation of selected picture elements into
first aggregates which include a copy of more than one picture
element, followed by aggregation of those first aggregates
into second aggregates which each include a copy of more than
one first aggregate. Therefore, we find that the prior art
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