Ex Parte MCDONALD et al - Page 1




                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                written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 B EDWARD MCDONALD, GREGORY J ORRIS                              
                                   and WILLIAM A KUPERMAN                                      
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                                    Appeal No. 2001-0117                                       
                                Application No. 08/757,173                                     
                                        ____________                                           
                                           ON BRIEF                                            
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           Before FLEMING, GROSS, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.                     
           FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.                                               


                                     DECISION ON APPEAL                                        


                This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of                       
           claims 2, 7, 18, 20, 22 and 24.                                                     
                The invention relates to a matched-phase noise filter.  See                    
           page 1 of Appellants' specification.                                                
                Claim 2 is reproduced as follows:                                              
           2.   The matched-phase noise filter as recited in claim 1,                          
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           wherein a phase of F (fi) is identical to Ñ (fi).                                     









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