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`John C. Harvey and James W. Cuddihy
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`SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHODS
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`PRELIMINARY AMENDMENT
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`Honorable Commissioner of
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`Prior to initiating the Examination of the above-described continuation
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`IN THE SPECIFICATION
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`On page 1, please reyghe paragraph in the ”Cross-Reference to Related
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`This is a continuation of application serial no. 08/ 113,329, filed August 30, 1993,
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`herein incorporated by reference in its entirety, which is a continuation of application
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`03/ serialno. 056,501, filed May3, 1993,nowUS. Patent5,335,277, whichwas a
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`continuation of application serial no. 849,226, filed March 10, 1992, now US. Patent No.
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`5,233,654, which was a continuation of application serial no. 588,126, filed Sept. 25, 1990,
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`096,096, filed Sept. 11, 1987, now US. Patent No. 4,965,825, which was a continuation-
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`(V in-part of application serial no. 829,531, filed Feb. 14, 1986, now US. Patent No.
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`4,704,725, which was a continuation of application serial no. 317,510, filed Nov. 3, 1981,
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`now US. Patent No. 4,694,490.
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`Date: May22,1995
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`HOWREY &: SIMON
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`Tel: (202) 383-6614
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Thomas].ScMir. :
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`Attorney for Applicants
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