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         Appeal No. 2006-2441                                                       
         Application No. 10/056,224                                                 

              associated with the probe signals; and                                
                   (5) storing the temporal identifier signal and the               
              probe signals in memory.                                              
                                     References                                     

         The Examiner relies on the following references:                           
         Razban          5,289,587  Feb. 22, 1994                                   
         Bunnell           5,564,015  Oct.  8, 1996                                 
         Roeber et al. (Roeber)           5,682,328  Oct. 28, 1997                  
                                                 (filed on Sep. 11, 1996)           
         Mahalingaiah et al. (Mahalingaiah) 5,933,626  Aug.  3, 1999                
                                            (filed on June  12, 1997)               
         Levine et al. (Levine)        6,067,644      May  23, 2000                 
              (filed on Apr. 15, 1998)                                              
                             Rejections At Issue                                    
         A.  Claim 9 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being                 
         unpatentable over the combination of Bunnell and Roeber.                   

         B.  Claim 10 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being                
         unpatentable over the combination of Bunnell, Roeber and Razban.           

         C.  Claim 11 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being                
         unpatentable over the combination of Bunnell, Roeber and Levine.           



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