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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte SHOJI KANADA
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Appeal No. 2003-1706
Application No. 09/672,826
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HEARD: February 5, 2004
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Before JERRY SMITH, GROSS, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges.
GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 1 through 62 and 68 through 78. Claims 63
through 67 are withdrawn from consideration.
Appellant's invention relates to a medical image server and
searching method. The server includes pre-fetching judging means
for determining whether or not a stored past image is necessary
before the terminal sends an order for output of the image. The
server further includes judging means for determining whether or
not image processing is necessary for a searched image. The
server also includes control means for transmitting to the image
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