Ex parte HIROSE - Page 5




                 Appeal No. 97-2903                                                                                                                     
                 Application No. 08/492,643                                                                                                             


                          Appellant argues (Brief, page 6) that the terms “encode”                                                                      
                 and “decode” are synonymously referred to as “scramble” and                                                                            
                 “descramble.”  We agree.  The terms are now interchangeably                                                                            
                 used in the art,  and appellant’s disclosure makes clear that2                                                                                                         
                 the terms are interchangeably used to refer to the same                                                                                
                 process.                                                                                                                               























                          2The attached excerpts from several electronics                                                                               
                 dictionaries buttress appellant’s conclusion that the terms                                                                            
                 are now interchangeable terms.                                                                                                         
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