Appeal No. 1997-1317
Application No. 08/371,995
claim language cannot be read onto the elements relied on by
the examiner in Kipp '309
(i.e., elements 14, 20, 22, 24, and 26) or the corresponding
elements in Kipp '221.
Appellant's assertions (Brief at 18) that the Kipp
references also fail to disclose the claimed frequency
modulator, signal processing circuit, and phase control
circuit are
unconvincing because they, too, are unsupported by an
explanation of why these claimed elements do not read on the
elements relied on by the examiner in the Kipp patents.
The rejection of claim 1 as anticipated by either
one of Kipp '221 and Kipp '309 is therefore affirmed.
Appellant also argues (Brief at 18-19) that other
specific limitations are not taught or suggested by any of the
references, including the frequency voltage converter of claim
2, the gate circuit of claim 3, the comparator of claim 4, and
the amplifier of claim 5, on which claim 6 depends. Rather
than explaining how these limitations are satisfied by the
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