The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte XUDONG SONG, TIHAO CHIANG, YA-QIN ZHANG, and RAVI KRISHNAMURTHY __________ Appeal No. 2001-0927 Application No. 09/106,707 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before THOMAS, HAIRSTON, and JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges. HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 20. The disclosed invention relates to a method and an apparatus for performing motion estimation for a sequence of images. Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it reads as follows:Page: 1 2 3 4 5 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007