Appeal No. 2000-0720
Application No. 08/648,849
set of coefficients within the number of sets of
coefficients…” but there is nothing in these portions of the
specification disclosing a number of sets of coefficients or
selecting a set of coefficients within the number of sets of
coefficients.
The Rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e)
Independent Claims 1, 11 and 24
We will sustain the rejection of claims 1 and 11; we will
not sustain the rejection of claim 24.
Kim relates to a channel equalizer for a digital
television receiver. With respect to Figures 4 and 6, Kim
teaches using an error signal mk from error detector 8 to
adjust a coefficient for a channel and then stores the
coefficient. The coefficient is then used when the channel is
selected.
Appellants argue that updating a coefficient using an
error signal and the selection of a coefficient based on a
channel is not the same as controlling filtering properties
based on previous data patterns (claim 1) or controlling
filter units based on digital data output from a symbol
detector compared to data patterns output by the symbol
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