Ex parte BALZ - Page 3




          Appeal No. 1999-2688                                                        
          Application No. 08/751,057                                                  


                         1.  An arrangement for graphically                           
                    displaying, in an IQ plane on a screen of a                       
                    display device, IQ values emitted at an output                    
                    of a demodulator for quadrature-amplitude-                        
                    modulated signals, comprising:                                    
                         a data memory;                                               
                         a processor, that controls the display                       
                    device, connected to the data memory;                             
                         a respective address of the data memory                      
                    allocated to each individual IQ value and a                       
                    respective pixel of the display device allocated                  
                    to each address of the data memory;                               
                         the processor directly connected to the IQ                   
                    output of the demodulator, the processor                          
                    determining an associated IQ value address in                     
                    the data memory for each IQ value.; and                           
                         a respective frequency stored under each                     
                    address of the data memory, the respective                        
                    frequency being a frequency with which a                          
                    respective address of the dates, and thereby the                  
                    corresponding IQ value, has been determined in a                  
                    predetermined acquisition time.                                   

               The examiner relies on the following reference:                        
          Gray                     5,479,606                     Dec. 26,             
                                                                 1995                 
               Additionally, the examiner relies on admitted prior art                
          [APA], ostensibly the admission, in the background section of               
          the instant specification, that it was known to display IQ                  
          values emitted at the output of a demodulator for QAM signals.              




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