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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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. 16
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte SANTHANA KRISHNAMACHARI
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Appeal No. 2004-0930
Application No. 09/934,962
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ON BRIEF
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Before HAIRSTON, OWENS, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent
Judges.
OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 1-20,
which are all of the claims in the application.
THE INVENTION
The appellant claims methods for characterizing and
comparing images. Claims 1 and 6 are illustrative:
1. A method for characterizing an image comprising:
partitioning the image into a plurality of partitions, each
partition including a plurality of pixels, each pixel having a
color,
determining a frequency of occurrence of each color of the
plurality of pixels within each partition, and
creating a characterization that includes a plurality of
measures that are proportional to the frequency of occurrence of
a plurality of colors.
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