The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte JI-HO KIM and YUNG-JUN PARK ____________ Appeal No. 2002-1961 Application No. 09/133,430 ____________ HEARD: MAY 20, 2003 ____________ Before GROSS, BLANKENSHIP, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges. LEVY, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-7, which are all of the claims pending in this application. BACKGROUND Appellants' invention relates to a method and apparatus for image signal compression coding. An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced as follows:Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007