Appeal No. 97-1182
Application No. 08/150,371
finally-resolved constant matrix, in stages by
performing adding and subtracting steps with an
adding/subtracting circuit.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Watari 4,839,844 Jun. 13,
1989
Claims 1 through 22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112,
second paragraph, as being indefinite. Claims 1, 2, 5 through
7, 10 and 17 through 22 stand further rejected under 35 U.S.C.
102(b) as anticipated by Watari. Additionally, claims 1
through 5, 11, 13, 14, 17, 19 and 20, all of the method
claims, stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 as being directed
to nonstatutory subject matter.
Reference is made to the brief and answer for the
respective positions of appellant and the examiner.
OPINION
Turning first to the rejection of claims 1 through 22
under the second paragraph of 35 U.S.C. 112, the examiner
holds these claims to be indefinite. The answer contains only
the following reasoning with regard to this rejection:
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