THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 24 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte ALAIN FARGUES and MANI KIMIAVI ____________ Appeal No. 1997-3850 Application No. 08/355,973 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before HAIRSTON, KRASS, and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges. KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 5, 6, 10 and 11. Claims 2 through 4, 7 through 9 and 12 have been indicated by the examiner as being drawn to allowable subject matter and are not before us on appeal. The invention pertains to digital signal transmission systems. More particularly, the determination of energy per bit to noise spectral density ratio (Eb/No), a measure ofPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007