The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte YIWAN WONG __________ Appeal No. 1999-2825 Application 08/967,251 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before JERRY SMITH, BARRETT and BARRY, 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 1-9, which constitute all the claims in the application. The disclosed invention pertains to a heuristic based motion estimation method and apparatus for video compression. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007