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               Appeal No. 2003-1842                                                                          Page 3                   
               Application No. 09/179,290                                                                                             


                       table which defines the color value in the source image for at least one                                       
                       image location in the particular group,                                                                        
                               wherein the reference used for the image locations in the particular                                   
                       group is constructed by selecting a representative image location from the                                     
                       particular group and taking the reference defining the color value for the                                     
                       representative image location in the source image.                                                             


                       Claims 2-12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as anticipated by U.S.                                     
               Patent No. 5,825,917 ("Suzuki").                                                                                       


                                                             OPINION                                                                  
                       Our opinion addresses the claims in the following order:                                                       
                       •       claims 2-5                                                                                             
                       •       claims 6 and 7                                                                                         
                       •       claims 8-12.                                                                                           


                                                           A. CLAIMS 2-5                                                              
                       Rather than reiterate the positions of the examiner or the appellant in toto, we                               
               focus on the main point of contention therebetween.  "[R]efer[ing] to figure 6, in                                     
               correlation to column 8, lines 16-25," (Examiner's Answer at 3), the examiner "considers                               
               the transmitter and the receiver to respectively correspond to The Appellant's source                                  
               and output."  (Id. at 4.)  The appellant argues, "Suzuki does not use the same color                                   
               table for the source and output image."  (Appeal Br. at 5.)                                                            








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