The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 26 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte GEOFFREY B. RHOADS __________ Appeal No. 2003-0274 Application 09/476,460 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before HAIRSTON, BARRETT, and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judges. HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This appeal1 involves claims 2 through 9. The disclosed invention relates to a method of decoding information steganographically encoded within an image. 1 Although claims 1 through 10 are pending in this application, appellant has chosen to limit the appeal to claims 2 through 9 (brief, page 4). 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007