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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 10
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte CHARLES W. STEARNS
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Appeal No. 2002-1646
Application No. 09/440,233
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ON BRIEF
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Before THOMAS, KRASS, and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judges.
RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1-22, which are all of the claims pending in the present
application.
The claimed invention relates to a method for converting
digitized image pixel values from an input dynamic range to an
output dynamic range for eventual display of an overall image. A
lower limit of the relevant portion of the input data dynamic range
is identified from a histogram representative of the number of
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