Appeal 2007-1653
Application 10/791,945
receiver, access the plurality of IR processing module registers, and perform
IR operations on the soft decision bits of the data block in an attempt to
correctly decode the data block (Specification 5).
Parolari
4. Parolari teaches an improved method of link adaptation in
enhanced cellular communication systems to discriminate between lower or
higher variable RF channels with or without incremental redundancy (para.
[0002]).
5. Appellants concede that Parolari meets the claimed steps of
receiving an analog signal corresponding to a data block, sampling the
analog signal to produce samples, and equalizing the samples to produce soft
decision bits of the data block (Br. 17).
PRINCIPLES OF LAW
Anticipation is established when a single prior art reference discloses
expressly or under the principles of inherency each and every limitation of
the claimed invention. Atlas Powder Co. v. IRECO Inc., 190 F.3d 1342,
1347, 51 USPQ2d 1943, 1946 (Fed. Cir. 1999); In re Paulsen, 30 F.3d 1475,
1478-79, 31 USPQ2d 1671, 1673 (Fed. Cir. 1994).
In rejecting claims under 35 U.S.C. § 103, the Examiner bears the
initial burden of establishing a prima facie case of obviousness. In re
Piasecki, 745 F.2d 1468, 1472, 223 USPQ 785, 788 (Fed. Cir. 1984). The
Examiner can satisfy this burden by showing some articulated reasoning
with some rational underpinning to support the legal conclusion of
obviousness. KSR Int’l. v. Teleflex Inc., 127 S. Ct. 1727, 1741, 82 USPQ2d
1385, 1396 (2007) (citing In re Kahn, 441 F.3d 977, 988, 78 USPQ2d 1329,
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