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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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. 29
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte YASUHIRO TAKISHIMA, SHIGEYUKI SAKAZAWA,
and MASAHIRO WADA
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Appeal No. 2002-0745
Application 08/893,379
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ON BRIEF
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Before JERRY SMITH, BARRETT and LEVY, Administrative Patent
Judges.
JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. ' 134
from the examiner=s rejection of claims 1-7, 9, 13-19 and 21.
Claims 8, 10-12, 20 and 22-24 have been allowed by the examiner.
The disclosed invention pertains to a method and
apparatus for second or later generation coding of a video signal
in the field of tandem stage coding. The invention is disclosed
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