Appeal No. 2002-1839 Page 3
Application No. 09/199,751
b) primary electro-acoustic driver mounted at or adjacent the throat
of the horn and directed generally along the horn; and
c) at least one secondary electro-acoustic driver mounted part-way
along the horn, spaced from the throat, and directed generally across the
horn.
10. A horn loudspeaker system, comprising:
a) a horn having a throat and a mouth;
b) a primary electro-acoustic driver mounted at or adjacent the
throat of the horn and directed generally along the horn;
c) at least one secondary electro-acoustic driver in a side surface
of the horn and directed generally across the horn; and
d) a signal processor for processing input signals to at least one
said secondary driver to control the polar response of the horn
loudspeaker.
Claims 1 and 3-9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated by U.S.
Patent No. 4,437,540 ("Murakami"). Claims 2 and 10-15 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious over Murakami in view of U.S. Patent No 5,784,474,
("Kohut").
OPINION
Our opinion addresses the rejections of the following groups of claims:
• claims 1-9
• claims 10-15 .
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