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                    Appeal No. 2002-2064                                                                                                                                  
                    Application No. 08/902,330                                                                                                                            


                    random number is used as random noise."  See column 12, lines 36-                                                                                     
                    41 of Moronaga.  However, we fail to find that Moronaga teaches                                                                                       
                    using this random number to select a pixel pattern of pixel                                                                                           
                    intensity values at pixel positions end.  Therefore, we find that                                                                                     
                    the combination proposed by the Examiner does not teach all the                                                                                       
                    limitations recited in Appellant's claims.                                                                                                            
                              In view of the foregoing, we have not sustained the                                                                                         
                    Examiner's rejection of claims 1, 3-6, 8-13 and 16 under                                                                                              
                    35 U.S.C. § 103.                                                                                                                                      
                                                                             REVERSED                                                                                     



                                                  LEE E. BARRETT                                             )                                                            
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                                                  MICHAEL R. FLEMING                                         )     APPEALS                                                
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                                                  JOSEPH L. DIXON                                            )                                                            
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