Appeal No. 1998-0610
Application 08/584,726
Fisch et al. (Fisch ‘085) 4,949,085 Aug. 14, 1990
DeLuca et al. (DeLuca) 5,025,252 Jun. 18, 1991
Fisch et al. (Fisch ‘579) 5,153,579 Oct. 6, 1992
Parsons, “Voice and Speech Processing”, pp. 92-95, 280-289, McGraw-Hill (1987).
The Rejections on Appeal
Claims 1-3 and 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Yamaguchi and Parsons.
Claim 4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Yamaguchi, Parsons, and Freeman.
Claims 5-9, 18-23, and 25-28 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Yamaguchi, Parsons, and Rodriguez.
Claims 11-15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Yamaguchi, Parsons, and Fisch ‘579.
Claims 11, 16, 17, 29 and 32-34 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Yamaguchi, Parsons, and DeLuca.2
Claim 24 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Yamaguchi, Parsons, Rodriguez and Freeman.
Claims 29-31 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Yamaguchi, Parsons and Fisch ‘085.
2
We recognize that claims 32-34 are not expressly included in the examiner’s stated ground of
rejection. However, they are specifically discussed in the body of the rejection and the appellants have assumed
that these claims have been rejected.
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