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today was not written for publication and is not
binding precedent of the Board.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. 19
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte SEONG-BONG KIM
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Appeal No. 2002-1045
Application 09/131,890
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HEARD: APRIL 16, 2003
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Before JERRY SMITH, LEVY, and BLANKENSHIP, 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 1-21, which constitute all the
claims in the application.
The disclosed invention pertains to a picture decoding
synchronizing circuit and method. The decoding synchronization
is controlled in units of a picture, in a variable length decoder
using PTS (presentation time stamp) and DTS (decoding time stamp)
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