Ex Parte Hartmann - Page 4




               Appeal No. 2006-1607                                                                                             
               Application 10/062,894                                                                                           


                              distributing multiple pulses among said time slots to encode a data element by                    
                      said unique phase/time position.                                                                          

                                                     THE REFERENCE                                                              
                      The examiner relies on the following reference:                                                           
                      Devon et al. (Devon)                       5,684,871                        November 4, 1997              

                                                     THE REJECTIONS                                                             
                      Claims 1-3 and 11-13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by                      
               Devon.                                                                                                           
                      Claims 4-10 and 14-20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable                       
               over Devon.                                                                                                      
                      We refer to the final rejection entered May 6, 2004, and the examiner's answer (pages                     
               referred to as "EA__") entered July 27, 2005, for a statement of the examiner's rejection, and to                
               the brief (pages referred to as "Br__") received May 9, 2005, and reply brief (pages referred to as              
               "RBr__") received September 30, 2005, for a statement of appellant's arguments thereagainst.                     











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