Ex Parte Dimitrova 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               publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                            


                                 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                       
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                                       BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                        
                                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                                             
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                                Ex parte NEVENKA DIMITROVA, LALITHA AGNIHOTRI                                                    
               and THOMAS FRANCIS MCGEE III                                                                                      
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                                                    Appeal No. 2006-1591                                                         
                                                  Application No. 09/866,394                                                     
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                                                          ON BRIEF                                                               
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               Before HAIRSTON, KRASS, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges.                                            
               HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                            


                                                   DECISION ON APPEAL                                                            
                      This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 5, 7 through 15, 17 through                 
               24, 26 through 33 and 35 through 38.1                                                                             
                      The disclosed invention relates to a method and system for creating visual summaries of                    
               video material.  The method and system receive keyframes of video material, and extract frame                     
               signatures from the keyframes.  Superhistograms are then created from the frame signatures.                       
               The frame signatures and the superhistograms are thereafter used to select representative                         

                                                                                                                                
               1 Claims 17 and 35 erroneously depend from canceled claims 16 and 34, respectively.                               





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