Appeal No. 2003-0274
Application No. 09/476,460
brief, page 5) that “Short concerns detection of communications
made using chaotic-carrier based spread spectrum systems,” and,
like Sheng, is not concerned with steganographically encoded
information within an image. Accordingly, the obviousness
rejection of claims 2 through 4 is reversed.
Turning lastly to the obviousness rejection of claims 5
through 8, we agree with the appellant’s argument (supplemental
brief, page 5) that neither Sheng nor Bloomberg is concerned with
steganographically encoding information within an image. For
this reason, the obviousness rejection of claims 5 through 8 is
reversed.
DECISION
The decision of the examiner rejecting claims 2 through 9
under the second paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112 is reversed, the
decision of the examiner rejecting claim 9 under 35 U.S.C.
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