Appeal No. 2004-0991
Application No. 09/152,063
The disclosed invention relates to a method of determining the
most likely rate at which a received signal was encoded from among
a plurality of predetermined postulated rates.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it reads
as follows:
1. A receiver comprising:
means for receiving a signal;
means for determining a rate at which the received signal was
encoded; and
means for decoding the received signal based on the rate
detected, wherein said rate is determined by comparing a received
signal with a number of estimated signals, said estimated signal
being based on possible rates of encoding, and determining a
correlation between the received signals and the estimated signals.
The reference relied on by the examiner is:
Stein 6,175,590 Jan. 16, 2001
(filed Aug. 8, 1997)
Claims 25 through 27, 29 through 37, 39, 40, 42 through 46 and
48 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by
Stein.
Reference is made to the supplemental brief and reply brief
(paper numbers 23 and 25) and the answer (paper number 24) for the
respective positions of the appellants and the examiner.
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