Ex parte OH - Page 3




          Appeal No. 97-2709                                                          
          Application No. 08/380,315                                                  


          through (c), and passing the delayed input video signal                     
          simultaneously with the output of the analog output signal                  
          produced in step (c);                                                       
               (e) producing an analog difference signal representing a               
          difference between the delayed input video signal and the                   
          analog output signal; and                                                   
               (f) transmitting both the digital output signal and the                
          analog difference signal as a representation of the input                   
          video signal.                                                               
               The references relied on by the examiner are:                          
          Kretzmer                 2,850,574                     Sept. 2,             
          1958                                                                        
          Gharavi                  4,969,040                     Nov.  6,             
          1990                                                                        
          Citta et al. (Citta)     5,016,100                     May  14,             
          1991                                                                        
          Citta et al. (Citta)     5,144,431                     Sept. 1,             
          1992                                                                        
                                             (filed Sept. 15,                         
          1989)                                                                       
               Claims 11 through 17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103              
          as being unpatentable over Citta '100 in view of Gharavi.                   
               Claims 11 through 17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103              
          as being unpatentable over Kretzmer in view of Citta '431 and               
          Gharavi.                                                                    
               Reference is made to the Office Action (paper number 25)               
          immediately prior to the final rejection, the answer and the                



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