Appeal No. 1998-3362
Application No. 08/516,773
means for forming the serially read video data into
groups;
means for transmitting formed groups in ordered
succession;
means for compressing the video data as represented in
the ordered succession of groups; and
means for transmitting tokens representing the ordered
succession of groups in compressed form.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
Hattori 5,170,368 Dec. 08,
1992
Katayama et al. (Katayama) 5,361,147 Nov. 01,
1994
Strohacker 5,526,472 Jun. 11,
1996
(filed Oct. 07, 1994)
Claims 1-4, 6, 15-18, and 20 stand finally rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103. As evidence of obviousness, the Examiner
offers Katayama alone with respect to claims 1, 2, 15, and 16,
and adds Hattori to Katayama with respect to claims 3, 4, 6,
17, 18, and 20. In a separate 35 U.S.C. § 103 rejection,
claims 3, 4, 6, 17, 18, and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Katayama in view of
Strohacker.
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