tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733236595417664807.post2589161013900565584..comments2024-03-05T06:00:22.338-05:00Comments on All Things Pros: Board finds that "band of frequencies" does not require range and reads on single clock frequencyKaren G. Hazzahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14864564225463528630noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733236595417664807.post-22316571354378675302014-05-11T03:41:00.527-04:002014-05-11T03:41:00.527-04:00I don't understand why this appeal was filed a...I don't understand why this appeal was filed at first place. The applicant could have just put into the claim that a band includes a range of frequencies. He had ample support, and his appeal brief limited the interpretation of the claim in future litigation whether he amends the claim or not. So what's the point of appeal?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733236595417664807.post-25906663765443272252014-05-09T11:44:00.153-04:002014-05-09T11:44:00.153-04:00Hi Karen: I do not agree with you regarding the &q...Hi Karen: I do not agree with you regarding the "zero band". I think the examiner got it right and that the zero band means a "single" frequency. In order for the controller to communicate to the memory device there must be some frequency allocated to the channel. From information theory we know that you cannot communicate with a true single frequency (it would be a sine wave that continues for all time, unchanged in amplitude and phase) so I believe that the inventor intended to claim a very narrow frequency band - one that is adequately wide to carry the minimal information that is required for that mode of operation. That is why the specification says "substantially zero band".<br /><br />A "substantially zero band" channel means, to a POSITA, the same thing as a "single" frequency communication channel, since, as mentioned above, you can't really have a single frequency communications channel.Bruce Horwitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09413604952006639463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733236595417664807.post-66908404939459726102014-05-08T20:47:38.772-04:002014-05-08T20:47:38.772-04:00Thanks Karen: my reading of the Board's interp...Thanks Karen: my reading of the Board's interpretation you cited is that if the range of what the applicant meant by "band" includes an empty band, then that range must also include a band of a single frequency.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com