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               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               today was not written for publication and is not                       
               binding precedent of the Board.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. 14           

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                                                                     
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                                                                     
                   Ex parte TODD CHRISTOPHER, BARTH ALAN CANFIELD                     
               and STEVEN WAYNE PATTON                                                
                                                                                     
                                Appeal No. 2004-0317                                  
                             Application No. 09/319,822                               
                                                                                     
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                                                                     
          Before KRASS, BARRY and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.               
          KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of               
          claims 1-14.                                                                
               The invention pertains to processing video signals for                 
          display.  In particular, a processor receives both a high-                  
          definition signal and a standard definition signal, converts the            
          standard definition signal to a format compatible with the high-            

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