Appeal No. 2005-2151
Application No. 09/822,473
BACKGROUND
Appellants’ invention relates to a narrow band AM front end receiver. An
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1,
which is reproduced below.
1. Receiver comprising an RF stage for receiving an antenna signal from
an inductive antenna, a processing stage for processing the output signals
of the RF stage and an output for supplying an audio signal, characterized
in that the RF stage comprises electronically switched capacitors,
controlled by a switch control circuit, for adjusting front-end selectivity of
the RF stage to correspond to an established tuning frequency.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
MacDonald 2,148,633 Feb. 28, 1939
Yasooka Tadashi (Yasooka) JP 06-125280 Jun. 5, 1994
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
appellants regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the answer
(mailed Feb. 24, 2005) for the examiner's reasoning in support of the rejections, and to
the brief (filed Dec. 6, 2004) for appellants’ arguments thereagainst.
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