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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 HUITAO LUO
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Appeal No. 2006-1618
Application No. 10/046,797
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ON BRIEF
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Before THOMAS, JERRY SMITH, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.
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 non-final rejection of claims 1-5, 7-14, and 16-36.1 Claims 6 and 15
have been indicated to contain allowable subject matter [answer, page 2].
The disclosed invention processes boundary information of a graphical
object. Specifically, multiple vertices are determined from the graphical object's
boundary information. A predetermined function detects a contour between a
1 Although this appeal is from the examiner's non-final rejection mailed Dec. 27, 2004, we have
jurisdiction over the appeal because the claims have been twice rejected. See 35 U.S.C. § 134.
Throughout this opinion, we refer to the examiner's non-final rejection mailed Dec. 27, 2004
(hereafter "non-final rejection").
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