The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte PIETER VUYLSTEKE ________________ Appeal No. 1999-0490 Application 08/335,917 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before THOMAS, KRASS and JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges. JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-16, which constitute all the claims in the application. The disclosed invention pertains to a method for processing an image in a radiographic imaging system in which an electric signal representation of the image is mapped to -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007