Appeal No. 2002-0477
Application No. 09/115,996
should be placed in the signal path of the HDTV receiver
(column 2, lines 29 through 52; column 3, lines 15 through 23).
The examiner’s contentions to the contrary notwithstanding, the
record on appeal lacks an evidentiary link between NTSC
power/white noise and the claimed synchronous signal and
reference1 signal.
In view of the foregoing, the anticipation rejection of
claims 1, 2, 4 and 5 is reversed.
DECISION
The decision of the examiner rejecting claims 1, 2, 4 and 5
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) is reversed.
REVERSED
KENNETH W. HAIRSTON )
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JOSEPH F. RUGGIERO ) APPEALS AND
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1 Citta states (column 2, lines 42 through 45) that fixed
reference components of the received signal are nulled out.
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