Ex Parte De Haan et al - Page 1




          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                    publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15        
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                     
                                     ____________                                   
                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                        
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                 
                                     ____________                                   
                               Ex parte GERARD DE HAAN                              
                                  and ANNA PELAGOTTI                                
                                     ____________                                   
                                 Appeal No. 2004-2297                               
                              Application No. 10/196,817                            
                                     ____________                                   
                                       ON BRIEF                                     
                                     ____________                                   
         Before THOMAS, HAIRSTON, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges.           
         LEVY, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         

                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                
              This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the           
         examiner's final rejection of claims 4 and 11, which are all of            
         the claims pending in this application.                                    

                                     BACKGROUND                                     
              Appellants' invention relates to a problem area location in           
         an image signal and interpolating images between existing images           
         (specification, pages 3 and 4).  An understanding of the                   





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