The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 HIROMI YAMASHITA ____________ Appeal No. 1999-2691 Application No. 08/590,348 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before HAIRSTON, KRASS, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges. HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 4 through 7. The disclosed invention relates to an image signal processing apparatus. Claims 4 and 7 are illustrative of the claimed invention, and they read as follows: 4. An image signal processing apparatus, comprising: an image sensor for reading an image and outputting image data representing the read image as an image data signal;Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007