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. 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007