Appeal No. 1997-1317
Application No. 08/371,995
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1. Anticipation
Inasmuch as appellant failed to specifically address
the § 102 rejection based on the Kipp patents, we have
considered appellant's § 103 arguments as also directed to the
§ 102 rejection.
The examiner describes each Kipp patent as
disclosing a device for measuring distance by radar,
including a radar transmitter and receiver, a mixer for
outputting a beat frequency, a triangle wave generator or
modulator, and a signal processing circuit which includes a
phase locked loop circuit (Answer at 4). Considering in
particular Kipp '309, the examiner appears to be reading the
claim limitations on the reference as follows: the claimed
"distance measuring device" on voltage controlled oscillator
14, directional coupler 20, circulator 24, antenna 26, and
mixer 22; the claimed "frequency modulator" on triangle-wave
generator 12; the claimed "signal processing circuit" on the
remaining circuitry, which produces an output frequency FL
representing the range (col. 3, lines 55-58); and the claimed
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