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. -2-Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007