The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte PARAMVIR BAHL and WE-LIEN HSU
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Appeal No. 2003-0699
Application No. 09/169,724
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HEARD: Oct. 23, 2003
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Before KRASS, JERRY SMITH, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.
BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
A patent examiner rejected claims 1-12, 14-25, 27-41, and 43-57. The
appellants appeal therefrom under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a). We reverse.
BACKGROUND
The invention at issue on appeal concerns transmitting video data over error-
prone channels. (Appeal Br. at 2.) In a wireless communication channel, variations
and unpredictability in error characteristics are problematic. Current standards for video
coding including H.261, MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and H.263, which were developed
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