Appeal No. 1998-2939
Application 08/129,077
subsequent time frames in a complete voiced region. Finally,
a number of the root tracks are assigned to the number of
formant frequencies after the root tracks have been fully
extended [note steps of claim 12]. Thus, time frames of the
complete voiced region and the starting time frame are
determined before the root tracks are extended and assigned.
We can find nothing in the teachings of Papamichalis and
Parsons which teaches or suggests these steps.
The examiner notes that a segmentation point in
Papamichalis could correspond to a transition between a voiced
and an unvoiced point. Even if a segmentation point in
Papmichalis did correspond to such a transition point, we fail
to see how this segmentation point suggests the specific steps
of claim 12 discussed above. Therefore, we do not sustain the
examiner’s rejection of claim 12 based on Papamichalis and
Parsons. Since dependent claims 13-15 and 17 are rejected on
the same basis as independent claim 12, we also do not sustain
the rejection of these dependent claims.
Dependent claim 16 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
using the additional teachings of Willems. Since Willems does
not overcome the deficiencies of Papamichalis and Parsons
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