The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 35 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte YORAM BURAK, RONEN NIZRY and MENASHE BENJAMIN _______________ Appeal No. 2004-0823 Application No. 09/555,391 _______________ HEARD: December 8, 2004 _______________ Before JERRY SMITH, RUGGIERO, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge. JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-30, 32-62 and 64-75. Claims 31 and 63 have been indicated to contain allowable subject matter. The disclosed invention pertains to a method and apparatus for compressing a medical image.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007