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               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               today was not written for publication and is not                       
               binding precedent of the Board.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                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                              Ex parte PIETER VUYLSTEKE                               
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                                Appeal No. 1999-0490                                  
                               Application 08/335,917                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          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                 
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