The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written
for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 17
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte TERRY LYNN COLE
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Appeal No. 2000-1887
Application No. 08/853,075
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ON BRIEF
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Before JERRY SMITH, DIXON and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.
SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the Examiner’s final
rejection of claims 1-29, which are all of the claims pending in
this application.
We reverse.
BACKGROUND
Appellant’s invention is directed to a signal processing
arrangement using an adaptive filter. In conventional filters,
the number of taps or length of the finite impulse response (FIR)
filter is typically fixed and only the tap coefficients of the
filter may be adjusted (specification, page 2). According to
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