Appeal No. 2002-0386
Application No. 08/553,281
Chen et al. (Chen) 5,257,113 Oct. 26, 1993
Johnson 5,745,610 Apr. 28, 1998
(Eff. filing date Jul.22, 1993)
Smith, B.C., “Algorithms for Manipulating Compressed Images,” IEEE Computer
Graphics & Applications , pp. 34-42, Sep. 1993.
Claims 1, 2, 11 and 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Sakamoto in view of Hansen, Chen and Johnson. Claims 3-10, 13-
15, 17 and 18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Sakamoto, Hansen, Chen and Johnson in view of Smith.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
appellants regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the examiner's
answer (Paper No. 29, mailed Mar. 13, 2001) for the examiner's reasoning in support of
the rejections, and to appellants’ brief (Paper No. 28, filed Dec. 26, 2000) for appellants’
arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to
the appellants’ specification and claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
respective positions articulated by appellants and the examiner. As a consequence of
our review, we make the determinations which follow.
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