Appeal No. 2001-0259
Application 08/725,762
We affirm.
BACKGROUND
The invention relates to a speaker system which collects and
amplifies sounds projected in the rearward direction of the
speaker.
Claim 11 is reproduced below.
11. A speaker-horn arrangement for sound reproduction,
comprising:
a speaker having a frame and a membrane affixed to the
frame, said frame having openings in a rearward section
thereof;
a horn having a sound collection section with a
plurality of sound collecting openings, each of said sound
collecting openings collecting sound from at least one of
said openings of the frame, wherein said sound collection
system is coupled to half the number of said openings in
said speaker frame.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Jung 5,206,465 April 27, 1993
Claims 11 and 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Jung.
We refer to the final rejection (Paper No. 7) (pages
referred to as "FR__") and the examiner's answer (Paper No. 13)
for a statement of the examiner's rejection, and to the brief
(Paper No. 12) (pages referred to as "Br__") and reply brief
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