Appeal No. 1998-0659
Application No. 08/264,527
article notes the treatment of 2 tinnitus patients. In
addition, sections 5-7 of the article discuss implantation of
the device in the patients, evaluation of the tinnitus
suppressor, and the results of its use on the patients.
Next, this claim recites "generating a masking noise
signal in an ultrasonic frequency range.” We again note that
Appellants have described an embodiment of their invention26
wherein electromagnetic signals are applied to the patient's
body by electrodes. The signals are in the ultrasonic
frequency range which Appellants recognize to be above 20,000 27
hertz and extending to approximately the 100,000 hertz range,
with an ultrasonic carrier of 25,000 to 30,000 hertz being
found to work well. Claim 11 is directed to this mode of
electrode application of such signals to a patient.
Appellants have admitted that the Matsushima signal is28
an electrical signal applied to the patient. The article is
26 Specification, page 3, lines 35-37.
27Specification, lines 12-17.
28 Brief, page 6.
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