Ex Parte Fert et al - Page 4

          Appeal No. 2002-2041                                                        
          Application No. 09/764,658                                                  


          prediction steps.  This picture rearrangement step goes to the              
          heart of the instant invention, it is not disclosed in Legall and           
          the examiner’s attempt to correlate Legall’s start of a new GOP             
          with such a step is unpersuasive.                                           
               Accordingly, the examiner’s decision is reversed.                      
                                      REVERSED                                        



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          EK/RWK                                                                      

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