Ex parte HUA - Page 3




          Appeal No. 1999-0487                                                        
          Application No. 08/554,425                                                  


                    determining said appropriate value by linear                      
               interpolation.                                                         





               The examiner relies on the following references:                       
          Greenberg                    3,908,081          Sep. 23, 1975               
          Yonekawa et al. (Yonekawa)   4,922,273          May  01, 1990               
          Chen et al. (Chen)           5,241,383          Aug. 31, 1993               
          Daher                        5,327,254          July 05, 1994               
          Mita et al. (Mita)           5,543,844          Aug. 06, 1996               
          (filed Nov. 09, 1993)                                                       
          Wallace, “The JPEG Still Picture Compression Standard,” IEEE                
          Transactions on Consumer Electronics, Vol. 38, No. 1, February              
          1992, pages xviii-xxxiv.                                                    
               The following rejections are on appeal before us:                      
          1. Claims 1, 5, 7 and 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.                      
          § 103 as being unpatentable over the teachings of Mita in view              
          of Yonekawa.                                                                
          2. Claim 2 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as                         
          being unpatentable over the teachings of Mita in view of                    
          Yonekawa and further in view of Chen.                                       
          3. Claims 3 and 4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103                      
          as being unpatentable over the teachings of Mita in view of                 
          Yonekawa and further in view of Daher and Wallace.                          

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