Appeal No. 1997-3854
Application No. 08/414,824
Newhall 5,448,206 Sep. 05, 1995
(Filed Oct. 18, 1993)
Helms et al., “Truncation Error of Sampling-Theorem Expansions,” Proceedings of the IRE,
pp. 179-84, 1962.
Croisier et al., “The Digital Echo Modulation,” IEEE Transactions on Communication
Technology, Vol. COM-18, No. 4, pp. 367-76, 1970.
Waters et al., “Bandpass Signal Sampling and Coherent Detection,” IEEE Transactions on
Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. AES-18, No. 4, pp. 731-36, 1982.
Claims 1, 4 and 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Newhall in view of (Helms et al. or Waters et al. or the Waters patent) in view of
(Walker or Croisier et al. or Hawkins or Tiemann).
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and the
appellant regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the examiner's
answer (Paper No. 13, mailed Apr. 22, 1997) for the examiner's reasoning in support of
the rejections, and to the appellant's brief (Paper No. 12, filed Apr. 2, 1997) for the
appellant's arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to the
appellant's specification and claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellant and the examiner. As a consequence of
our review, we make the determinations which follow.
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