The opinion in support of the decision being entered today is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 21
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte ELIOT M. CASE
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Appeal No. 2001-1346
Application No. 08/771,469
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ON BRIEF
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Before FLEMING, GROSS, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.
BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
A patent examiner rejected claims 1-3, 5, 7, 9-17, and 19. The appellant
appeals therefrom under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a). We reverse.
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention concerns editing an encoded audio signal.
Compressive encoding techniques have been developed to transmit digital audio data
on low bandwidth data networks or to store larger amounts of such data in small data
spaces. In particular, perceptual encoding operates by neither transmitting nor storing
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