Appeal No. 96-1246
Application No. 08/205,812
On page 6 of the specification, we note Appellants
disclose that the "mathematical equations which constitute a
five pole recursive digital filter for right and left channel
stereo processing are shown in Figure 3." Claim 19 recites
"wherein the filter coefficients are selected to cause the
multiplication to apply a five pole digital filter to the one
or more digital signals." Thus, the claim is requiring that a
five pole recursive digital filter implemented by calculating
the equations shown in Figure 3 be applied to the digital
signals. In reviewing the specification as well as
Appellants' claimed language, we find that claim 19 sets out
and circumscribes the invention with a reasonable degree of
precision and particularity
in light of teachings of the disclosure as it would be
interpreted by one possessing ordinary skill in the art.
Therefore, we will not sustain the Examiner's rejection under
35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph.
Claims 1, 2, and 12 through 15 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 102 as being anticipated by Fukuda. Claims 17
through 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as being
anticipated by Sakamoto.
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