The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte WILLIBALD FRIEDREICH _____________ Appeal No. 2004-1996 Application No. 09/399,606 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before KRASS, FLEMING and NAPPI, Administrative Patent Judges. KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-6. The invention pertains to reducing power consumption in a signal processing apparatus, best illustrated by reference to independent claim 1. A copy of claim 1 is appended to this decision. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007