Ex parte SHAH et al. - Page 9




          Appeal No. 96-2573                                                          
          Application No. 08/331,168                                                  

          mention of a height sensor.  But, even here, there is no                    
          teaching or suggestion of adjusting a second resampling                     
          frequency in accordance with the height signal.                             
               With regard to a second reconverting means for                         
          reconverting the converted input signal in accordance with the              
          second resampling frequency to generate a frequency shifted                 
          optical target signal, the examiner refers us to column 24,                 
          line 15 through column 25, line 1 of Chandler.  The examiner                
          does not explicitly identify the particular portion of column               
          24 which is relied upon and, while there is some disclosure                 
          therein of sampling and verifying the existence of a target                 
          and accurately determining its location (lines 59-61), we fail              
          to find the first converting means, the means for adjusting                 
          and the second reconverting means, having the inter-                        
          relationship set forth in instant claim 27, i.e., where the                 
          second reconverting means receives the converted input signal               
          and reconverts that signal in accordance with the second                    
          resampling frequency in order to generate the frequency                     
          shifted optical target signal.  Independent method claim 45                 
          has similar language.                                                       



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