Appeal No. 1999-2018
Application 08/571,204
Claims 5 and 9
Anticipation
Appellant argues that claim 5 requires a predictive
coding mode to be chosen from among three possible
predictive coding modes based upon the values of the first
and second inter picture distances and that, by contrast,
the option 1 arrangement of Sugiyama merely uses a single
bidirectionally predictive coding mode (Br14).
As previously discussed, we do not agree with the
Examiner's claim interpretation that selection of the
forward predictive coding mode and the backward predictive
coding mode in Sugiyama are "based upon" inter picture
distances just because the bidirectionally predictive coding
mode uses distances. Nevertheless, it does not appear that
claim 5 requires selection from among a plurality of
predictive coding modes based on distance. Claim 2 recites
"selecting a predictive coding mode based upon the values of
[distance]" (emphasis added), which only requires selecting
one ("a") predictive code mode based on distance. Claim 5
recites that "said predictive coding mode includes a forward
predictive coding mode ..., a backward predictive coding
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