Ex Parte Sculley - Page 1




                   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                     and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16                     
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                    _____________                                     
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                              Ex parte TERRY L. SCULLEY                               
                                    _____________                                     
                                Appeal No. 2003-2156                                  
                             Application No. 09/849,761                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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            Before THOMAS, BARRETT, and DIXON,  Administrative Patent                 
            Judges.                                                                   
            THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   


                 Appellant has appealed to the Board from the examiner’s              
            final rejection of claims 1 through 25.                                   
                 Representative claim 14 is reproduced below:                         
                 14.  A method for reducing noise in an output signal                 
                    of an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), the method               
                    comprising:                                                       
                      dividing the output signal into frequency                       
                 subbands;                                                            










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