Appeal No. 1996-1767 Page 3
Application No. 08/220,410
being outputted at the predetermined sampling
frequency of the input means;
a first delay element connected between said
first AMN and said second AMN; and
a second delay element connected between said
first AMN and said second AMN wherein said first
delay element and said second delay element delays
the propagation of signals from said first AMN to
said second AMN sufficiently to enable said second
AMN and said first AMN to process separate signals
in parallel wherein said first delay element and
said second delay element forms a critical path so
that the critical path begins and ends at the same
element connected between said first AMN and said
second AMN.
In addition to the appellants’ admitted prior art
(Admission), the references relied on in rejecting the claims
follow:
Hirosaki 4,893,265 Jan. 9, 1990
Fujii et al. 5,016,207 May 14, 1991.
(Fujii)
Claims 1-8, 12-16, and 25-32 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated by Hirosaki. Claims 1, 4-8,
14-16, 25-30, and 32 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e)
as anticipated by Fujii. Claims 18-24 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over Admission in view of Fujii. The
specification stands objected to under 35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶ 1,
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