The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte KEVIN W. ANDRESEN and KOK S. CHEN ____________ Appeal No. 1999-2040 Application No. 08/475,023 ____________ ON BRIEF1 ____________ Before JERRY SMITH, BARRY, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges. LEVY, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-5, 7-13, 15, 16, 18, 19, and 21. BACKGROUND Appellants' invention relates to conversion of output device color values to minimize image quality artifacts. An 1 The Oral Hearing scheduled for August 16, 2001 was waived in a communication received, via facsimile, on June 26, 2001 (Paper No. 20).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007