Appeal No. 1998-1901 Application 08/506,804 an A/D converter which is connected with said signal adjusting device to generate a digital signal based on said second analog signal. The examiner relies on the following references: Cadet et al. (Cadet) 5,138,149 Aug. 11, 1992 Miyatake et al. (Miyatake) 5,241,575 Aug. 31, 1993 The following rejections are before us on appeal: 1. Claim 14 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, as failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the invention. 2. Claims 1 and 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by the disclosure of Cadet. 3. Claims 2, 4, 5, 7, 16, 17, 19-22, 24 and 25 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over the teachings of Cadet in view of well known prior art. 4. Claims 8 and 23 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over the teachings of Cadet in view of Miyatake. 5. Claims 9, 10, 12 and 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. -3-Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007