Ex parte SHIMODA - Page 10




          Appeal No. 1996-2578                                                        
          Application 08/216,807                                                      


          note again, as above, that Appellant has not presented any                  
          separate arguments on their behalf.  We, therefore, sustain                 
          the anticipation rejection of these claims over Winebarger for              
          the same reasons as claim 1.                                                







               With respect to claim 4, after considering the respective              
          positions of Appellant [brief, pages 15 and 18 to 20 and reply              
          brief, pages 8 to 9], we find that the Examiner has not                     
          pointed                                                                     
          to any evidence in Winebarger that meets the limitation                     
          “generating a first output signal ..., and generating a                     
          delayed second output signal according to the number of first               
          output signals” (claim 4, lines 8 to 11).  Therefore, we do                 
          not sustain the anticipation rejection of claim 4 and its                   
          dependent claims 5 and 6 over Winebarger.                                   
          In summary, we have sustained the anticipation rejection                    
          under 35 U.S.C. § 102 over Shen or Winebarger with respect to               


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