Appeal No. 1998-1339
Application 08/024,305
short in terms of the “simultaneous scanning” feature of the
appellants’ claimed invention. While Gharavi does describe
several possible scanning patterns (column 2, line 67 to
column 3, line 5), it does not describe or suggest
simultaneous scanning based on the plurality of scanning
patterns. In column 3, lines 5-11, Gharavi states:
The inter-sub-block scanning pattern either can be
predetermined in advance for all blocks or,
alternatively, can be made adaptive by deciding
which scanning method is most efficient and
transmitting additional overhead information to the
receiver at the beginning of each block that
indicates the particular inter-sub-block scanning
method employed.
It has not been explained by the examiner why a
suggestion to decide on the run, or adaptively, which scanning
method would be the most efficient for the current block being
processed would have led one with ordinary skill in the art to
the feature of simultaneous scanning based on all scanning
patterns. “Adaptive” does not mean “simultaneous.” Gharavi
does not even state that the decision of which pattern would
be the most efficient is made on the basis of actually
performing scanning according to each of the scanning
patterns. Even if the Gharavi decision is made on the basis
of actually performing scanning based on each of the scanning
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