The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not
written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 45
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte SIGFRID D. SOLI and RALPH P. FRAVEL
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Appeal No. 2000-1425
Application No. 07/921,508
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HEARD: September 17, 2002
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Before HAIRSTON, FLEMING, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges.
GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 1, 4, 6 through 9, and 11 through 18. Claim
10 is objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim,
but is otherwise indicated as being allowable.
Appellants' invention relates to an auditory prosthesis with
an adaptive filter and user controlled activation means for
activating the adaptive filter. Claim 1 is illustrative of the
claimed invention, and it reads as follows:
1. An auditory prosthesis adapted to receive environmental
sound which contains a selected auditory component and to supply
an auditory stimulus which is perceptible to a user, comprising:
a transducer adapted to receive said environmental sound and
convert said environmental sound into an electrical input signal
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