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            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                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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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