The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte FERNANDO C. M. MARTINS and RAJEEB HAZRA, _____________ Appeal No. 2004-0226 Application No. 09/216,184 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before KRASS, HAIRSTON and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judges. KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 3-8, 14-17 and 19-29. The invention is directed to a bit rate control system for a video encoder, best illustrated by reference to representative independent claim 1, reproduced as follows: 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007