Ex Parte Andresen et al

Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences

Sep 19, 2002

08475023 (B.P.A.I. Sep. 19, 2002)

1 The Oral Hearing scheduled for August 16, 2001 was waived in a
communication received, via facsimile, on June 26, 2001 (Paper No. 20).
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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte KEVIN W. ANDRESEN
and KOK S. CHEN
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Appeal No. 1999-2040
Application No. 08/475,023
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ON BRIEF1
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Before JERRY SMITH, BARRY, 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 1-5, 7-13, 15, 16, 18, 19,
and 21.
BACKGROUND
Appellants' invention relates to conversion of output device
color values to minimize image quality artifacts. An
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Application No. 08/475,023
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understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of
exemplary claims 1 and 10, which are reproduced as follows:
1. A method for minimizing color-induced artifacts in
images that are represented in an N-component color space,
comprising the steps of:
detecting whether a nominal color for one or more objects in
an image is comprised of plural components, wherein at least one
of said components has a parameter that exceeds a predetermined
value;
determining a modified value for said parameter of the one
component, which is a function of the value for said parameter
for M components which comprise said nominal color, where 1