Ex parte WAGSTAFF - Page 2




          Appeal No. 97-0922                                                          
          Application 08/314,281                                                      

                    This is a decision on appeal from the final                       
          rejection of claims 1 through 20, all of the claims in the                  
          application.                                                                
                    The invention pertains to a signal processing filter              
          and is exemplified by representative independent claim 1                    
          reproduced as follows:                                                      
                    1.   A filter,  said filter comprising:                           
                    means for receiving a time series x  of power                     
                                                       i                              
          realizations, i = 1, 2,..., N;                                              
                    means for selecting an order z of said filter, said               
          z a real number not equal to 0, 1, or -1; and                               
                    means for determining a , wherein a  is proportionalz           z                              
          to:                                                                         









                    No references are cited against the claims.                       
                    Claims 1 through 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.                
          112, second paragraph, as being indefinite.                                 




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