Appeal No. 2000-0720
Application No. 08/648,849
1. An apparatus for processing data signals
comprising:
a first filter means for adjusting an input signal
received by the first filter means;
a summing means for summing signals from the first
filter means and from a second filter means to produce a
summed signal;
a symbol detection means for generating an output
signal from the summed signal;
the second filter means for adjusting the output
signal; and
a control means for controlling filtering properties
of the first filter means and the second filter means, wherein
the control means controls filtering properties of the first
filter means based on previous data patterns in the input
signal received by first filter means.
The references relied upon by the examiner are:
Fisher et al. (Fisher) 5,132,988 Jul. 21, 1992
Kim 5,654,765 Aug. 05, 1997
(filed Nov. 18, 1994)
Claim 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
anticipated by Fisher.
Claims 1-3, 5-11, 13-17, 24 and 25 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by Kim.
The respective positions of the examiner and the
appellants with regard to the propriety of these rejections
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