Appeal No. 2003-2156
Application No. 09/849,761
processing a frequency subband signal in each of
the subbands by passing the frequency subband signal in
each of the subbands to a corresponding input of a
summing node if the frequency subband signal is outside
of a threshold range and passing an attenuated value
signal to the summing node if the signal is within the
threshold range; and
generating a final output signal by summing the
processed frequency subband signals at the summing
node.
The following reference is relied upon by the examiner:
Kolesnik et al. (Kolesnik) 6,263,312 Jul. 17, 2001
(filing date Mar. 02, 1998)
Claims 1 through 25 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103. As evidence of obviousness, the examiner relies upon
appellant’s admitted prior art in view of Kolesnik.
Rather than repeat the positions of the appellant and
the Examiner, reference is made to the Brief and Reply Brief
for appellant’s positions, and to the Answer for the
Examiner’s positions.
OPINION
We sustain the rejection of claims 1 through 25
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
At the outset, we note that the top of page 4 of the
principal Brief on appeal indicates that each of the claims
on appeal stand or fall “together”. None of the claims on
appeal are argued separately. Moreover, no claim feature
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