The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte SASSAN PEJHAN, YA-QIN ZHANG, and TIHAO CHIANG
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Appeal No. 2003-1617
Application No. 09/144,240
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ON BRIEF
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Before KRASS, DIXON, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.
BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
A patent examiner rejected claims 1, 4-7, 9-12, 15, 16, and 19. The appellants
appeal therefrom under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a). We reverse.
BACKGROUND
The invention at issue on appeal dynamically varies the frame rate of video clips,
i.e., "video sequences." (Spec. at 2.) An increasing demand for digital video requires
storing and transmitting enormous amounts of data. For example, the growth of the
Internet has enabled millions of users to access myriad data in seconds. Most of the
data are text, still images, and still graphics, which can be quickly downloaded and
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