Appeal No. 2004-0442
Application No. 09/222,953
Appellant further argues (Brief, page 8), regarding claim 6,
that Ono fails to disclose a processor as claimed. Specifically,
appellant contends (Brief, pages 8-9) that Ono discloses a PSK
demodulator rather than a processor and that Ono "does not
measure the moving average of a value relating to the operation
of the demodulator." We disagree. Ono discloses (column 1,
lines 7-10) that the invention "relates to a circuit for
computing a moving average value of data in digital signal
processing." Thus, Ono discloses calculating a moving average of
a value in a digital signal processor. Nonetheless, as indicated
supra, Ono fails to disclose the claimed register, and therefore
fails to anticipate claim 6.
Regarding claims 4, 9, and 20, appellant argues (Brief,
page 9) that Ono fails to meet the claimed limitation that the
first output signal has the same number of bits as the data
sample. The examiner responds (Answer, page 7) that Ono "clearly
shows in figure 3 the moving average signal (D0) having the same
number of bit of data sample (8 bits)." The first output signal,
however, as recited in claims 1, 6, and 17 from which claims 4,
9, and 20 depend, respectively, is what is added to the
subtraction result. In Ono (column 5, lines 6-15) the
subtraction data D1 is added by an adder to accumulation data D3.
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