Ex parte YOSHIDA - Page 3




                 Appeal No. 1998-2264                                                                                                                   
                 Application No. 08/439,793                                                                                                             

                 video signal reproducing circuit, another input terminal                                                                               
                 connected to between said input terminal of said automatic                                                                             
                 gain control circuit and said external input terminal, and a                                                                           
                 common terminal connected to a television signal processing                                                                            
                 circuit to permit viewing of a signal reproduced by said                                                                               
                 reproducing circuit or input terminal.                                                                                                 
                          The Examiner relies on the following references:                                                                              
                          Damoci                                                4,633,302                                    Dec.                       
                 30, 1986                                                                                                                               
                          Japanese Kokai                                                                                                                
                          Choichi et al. (Choichi)                              52-69520                            Sep.  6,                            
                 1977                                                                                                                                   
                          Also, Admitted prior art (APA)                                                                                                
                          Claims 7 to 11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over                                                                      
                 various combinations of APA, Damoci and Choichi.                                                                                       
                          Rather than repeat the positions and the arguments of                                                                         
                 Appellant or the Examiner, we make reference to the briefs2                                                                            
                 and the answer for their respective positions.                                                                                         
                 OPINION                                                                                                                                
                         We have considered the rejection advanced by the                                                                              
                 Examiner. We have, likewise, reviewed Appellant’s arguments                                                                            
                 against the rejection as set forth in the briefs.                                                                                      
                 We affirm-in-part.                                                                                                                     

                          2A reply brief was filed as paper no. 21 and was entered                                                                      
                 in the record without any response from the Examiner.                                                                                  
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