Appeal No. 2002-1510
Application No. 08/882,625 Page 10
for I1, I1, P1, P2, and B1 frames, with CI2=CP2=CB1.” We add (col.
21, line 22) that N represents the number of reference frames.
From the disclosure of Lee, we find that the initial bit
allocation for the picture type, derived from equation 30, does
not relate to a prior GOP, as advanced by the examiner, and does
not provide for “means for allocating a target compressed data
bit rate to pictures or blocks of pictures of a current group of
pictures according to a ratio of an amount of data generated
during an intra-frame coding of a prior group of pictures and an
amount of data generated during an inter-frame coding of said
prior group of pictures,” as recited in claim 1.
From all of the above, we find that the examiner has failed
to establish a prima facie case of obviousness of claims 1-5.
Accordingly, the rejection of claims 1-5 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
is reversed.
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