Appeal No. 1999-1543
Application No. 08/456,762
modified acceleration signal with the modified position signal to
provide the inferred position signal, or provide ‘the noise-free
position and rate output signal.” The Examiner responds, answer
at page 7, that “[N]eal discloses in figure 2 a position signal
that is filtered at element 29, and discloses an acceleration
that is filtered at element 37. These signals are further
processed by a gain 31 and an adder 34 and these modified signals
are provided to the adder 33. Both signals are modified. Both
signals are combined.” We agree with the Examiner in as far as
that the modified position signal and the modified acceleration
signal do reach adder 33 and are being combined at 33. However,
we cannot determine for sure the output of adder 33 in view of
the conflicting disclosure in Neal. Thus, figure 2 itself
seems to indicate that the output 36 (Yo) would be an indication
of the position of the element being moved. However, Neal at
column 3, lines 12 and 13, states, “output [of] adder 33 ...
[comprises] the noisefree position and rate output signal ....”
(emphasis added). Here, we have to agree with Appellants
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