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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                       publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                                     


                                UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                         
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                                     BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                           
                                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                                                                
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                             Ex Parte  JEFFERSON EUGENE OWEN, RAUL ZEGERS DIAZ                                                                    
                                                and OSVALDO COLAVIN                                                                               
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                                                  Appeal No. 2006-0889                                                                            
                                                Application No. 10/174,918                                                                        
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                                                        ON BRIEF                                                                                  
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                Before KRASS, JERRY SMITH and MACDONALD, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                            
                MACDONALD, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                           

                                                DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                                
                       This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-22.                                                      
                                                        Invention                                                                                 
                       The present application discloses an electronic system that contains a first device and                                    
                video and/or audio decompression and/or compression device capable of operating in real                                           
                time.  Both the first device and the video and/or audio decompression and/or compression                                          
                device require access to a memory.  The video and/or audio decompression and/or                                                   
                compression device shares the memory with the first device.  The two devices are coupled to                                       
                the memory through a fast bus having a bandwidth of at least the minimum bandwidth                                                














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