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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 39
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte TOSHIKAZU AKAMA, KOJI ARIMURA, JUN IKEDA
and YUKIKO INOUE
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Appeal No. 2004-0422
Application No. 09/046,315
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ON BRIEF
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Before THOMAS, BARRETT, and MACDONALD, Administrative Patent
Judges.
MACDONALD, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of
claims 5-13. Claims 1-4 have been canceled.
Invention
Appellants' invention relates to an apparatus for detecting
a frame accompanied by a scene change or cut in compressed motion
picture data. A cut is the beginning of a video clip and is a
representative image. Appellants' specification at page 1, lines
4-6 and 13-14.
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