Ex Parte HALL et al - Page 1



          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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the             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. 31              
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                     Ex parte BARBARA A. HALL, JOHN A. MURDOCK,                       
          AGNES Y. NGAI and EDWARD F. WESTERMAN                                       
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                                Appeal No. 2003-2092                                  
                               Application 09/046,285                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before KRASS, FLEMING, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges.             
          FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of               
          claims 1 through 3, 5 through 8 and 10 through 14, all the claims           
          pending in the instant application.  Claims 4 and 9 have been               
          canceled.                                                                   
                                   Invention                                          
               The invention relates to methods and systems using MPEG                
          standards for compressing digital video data.  See page 1 of                
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