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          Appeal No. 2002-0716                                                        
          Application 09/092,255                                                      

          video information using an intra-framing coding technique.  In              
          the case of video processing systems, MPEG and MPEG-like video              
          processing systems are characterized by prediction-based                    
          compression encoding of video frames with or without intra-                 
          and/or inter-frame motion compensation encoding.  See pages 1 and           
          2 of Appellants’ specification.                                             

               Claims 29 and 66 are illustrative of the Appellants’ claimed           
          invention and are reproduced as follows:                                    
               29.  An apparatus for processing a video information signal            
          comprising a plurality of full dynamic range components, said               
          apparatus comprising:                                                       
               a compression encoder providing at least inter-frame coding,           
          for compression encoding said video information signal in a                 
          manner substantially retaining said full dynamic range of said              
          full dynamic range components, said compression encoder                     
          comprising at least two standard encoders, each of said standard            
          encoders being responsive to up to three component video signals,           
          each of said standard compression encoders tending to                       
          substantially preserve a dynamic range and spatial resolution of            
          one component of said video signal, each of said standard                   
          compression encoder providing a compressed output video signal;             
          and                                                                         
               a multiplexer, for multiplexing said compressed output video           
          signals of said two or more standard compression encoders to                
          produce a multiplexed information stream.                                   
               66.  Apparatus for decoding a video information stream to              
          recover a video signal, said video information stream comprising            
          a plurality of substantially full dynamic range encoded video               
          signal components, said apparatus comprising:                               
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