Appeal No. 2003-0774 Application 09/841,764 The examiner relies on the following references: Fujino et al. (Fujino) 5,436,899 July 25, 1995 Delargy et al. (Delargy) 6,029,127 Feb. 22, 2000 Rapeli 6,182,032 Jan. 30, 2001 Kazunori Mano et al. (Mano), “Design of a Pitch Synchronous Innovation CELP Coder for Mobile Communications,” IEEE Journal On Selected Areas In Communications, Vol. 13, No. 1, January 1995, pages 31-41. Giuseppe Caire, “CDMA System Design Through Asymptotic Analysis,” Global Telecommunications Conference-Globecom ‘99, Vol. 5, December 1999, pages 2456-2460. Sae-Young Chung et al. (Chung), “Multilevel RS/Convolutional Concatenated Coded QAM for Hybrid IBOC-AM Broadcasting,” IEEE Transactions On Broadcasting, Vol. 46, No. 1, March 2000, pages 49-59. The following rejections are on appeal before us: 1. Claims 21-35 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over the teachings of Rapeli in view of Delargy. 2. Claims 36 and 37 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over the teachings of Rapeli in view of Fujino. 3. Claims 38-44 and 46 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over the teachings of Rapeli. 4. Claims 47 and 48 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over the teachings of Rapeli in view of Fujino. -3-Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007