Appeal No. 2000-2261
Application 08/730,670
Figure 3 showing does not indicate that the DSP 4 feeds the
analog or FM modulator 10, even though two modulators, this one
and the digital modulator 6, are shown in this figure. On the
other hand, Nonami's embodiments in Figures 1 and 2 show a common
DSP processor 4 feeding in a parallel manner a digital modulator
6 and the analog modulator 10.
According to the teachings of Nonami, the DSP 4 feeds
various types of signal outputs to these respective modulators.
The details of these signals fed to modulators 6 and 10 are not
set forth in Nonami as recognized by the examiner's reasoning for
the rejection at the top of page 5 of the answer. Because Nonami
does not detail the nature of the signals outputted from the DSP
signal processor 4, it would have been prima facie obvious to the
artisan to look to the teachings of Denheyer to ascertain the
nature of the types of signals outputted from DSP processors.
Notwithstanding the specific showings in Figures 2-3 of Denheyer
that the DSP processor outputs I and Q signals respectively, such
is well known in the art anyway because of appellant's
recognition thereof at pages 1 and 2 of the specification as
filed. Similarly, because the details of the Figures 1 and 2
embodiments of Nonami indicate that the common DSP processor 4
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