Appeal No. 2001-0250 Page 21
Application No. 08/283,074
Because Schroeder teaches producing the area function of
a vowel sound and the corresponding band-limited logarithmic
area function, both of which are functions of the distance
between the glottis and lips, we are persuaded that the
teachings of Seybert and Schroeder in combination with the
prior art as a whole would have suggested the aforementioned
limitations. Therefore, we affirm the rejection of claims 2-
4, 6, 17, and 81-83 as obvious over Seybert in view of
Schroeder. We next address claims 15 and 16.
B. Claims 15 and 16
The examiner asserts, "[a] confined volume geometry
characterizing apparatus/method of the type claimed is shown
in Fig.3 and described in the second column of page 1365 to
the first column of page 1366 of the Seybert et al
publication." (Examiner's Answer at 5.) The appellants
argue, "[a]ll claims in Group I include a processor means, or
processing step, for, or of, producing an output signal
characteristic of the geometry of said volume and such an
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