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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 HIROHIRA YAMAGUCHI
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Appeal No. 2001-2483
Application No. 09/040,561
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ON BRIEF
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Before HAIRSTON, GROSS, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges .
GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 2 through 4, which are all of the claims
pending in this application.
Appellant's invention relates to a method of coding
progressive video signals. Claim 2 is illustrative of the
claimed invention, and it reads as follows:
2. A method of coding original progressive video signals and
progressive video signals derived from interlaced video signals
comprising the steps of:
a) producing a first DCT result on (n pixels * m/2 lines) of
information from (n pixels * m lines) of information of one
macroblock of an input video signal;
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