Appeal No. 1998-0818
Application No. 08/319,143
function . . ." The term "non-continuous phase encoded
filter" is not defined in the Appellants’ specification.
However, on page 15 of the specification, the coding of the
three phase encoded filters is described. These filters code
frequency in the range of -B to B into either one of two
values, or one of three values (e.g., the frequency is encoded
into either a two or three-value discrete scale). Thus, we
find that the term "non-continuous phase encoded filter",
means a filter which has discrete phase encoding, i.e., the
filter does not have phase encoding across a continuous
spectrum.
We consider Appellants’ assertions on page 5 of the Brief
that "Chen teaches away from Appellants’ pseudo deconvolution
method of employing an inexpensive SLM incapable of exact
phase compensation and a simple encoded amplitude filter" to
be unsupported by the claims. Appellants have not provided
any showing of claim language which differentiates Appellants’
method of using "inexpensive SLM incapable of exact
compensation" from Chen. Further, we find that claim 13
contains no limitations related to an SLM or the abilities of
it’s phase compensation.
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