Appeal No. 2005-0376 Application No. 10/034,120 The examiner relies on the following references: Massaloux 5,812,965 Sep. 22, 1998 Alanara et al. (Alanara) 6,269,331 B1 Jul. 31, 2001 (filed Sep. 25, 1997) Tomoyuki et al. (Tomoyuki) 0 544 101 A1 Jun. 2, 1993 (European Patent Application) Wood et al. (Wood) 2 350 532 A Nov. 29, 2000 (UK Patent Application) J. Koh et al. (Koh), Adaptive Noise Shaping ADC Based on LMS Algorithm, ESSCIRC 2000, 26th European Solid-State Circuits Conference Stockholm, Sweden (Sep. 19-21 2000). Claims 1, 2, 4-7, 11-13, 15-18, and 22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Massaloux and Wood. Claims 23, 24, 26, 28-35, 37, and 39-42 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Massaloux and Tomoyuki. Claims 3 and 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Massaloux, Wood, and Alanara. Claims 8, 9, 19, and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Massaloux, Wood, and Koh. Claims 10 and 21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Massaloux, Wood, Koh, and Official Notice. Claims 27 and 38 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Massaloux, Tomoyuki, and Wood. -3-Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007