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`SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHODS
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`PRELIMINARY AMENDMEN:r
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`Honorable Commissioner of
`Patents and Trademarks
`Washington, D.C. 20231
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`Sir:
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`Prior to initiating the Examination of the above-described continuation
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`application, Applicants herewith submit the following Preliminary Amendment.
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`Please cancel claim 1 and add the following claim:
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`1ver for receiving at least part of
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`rmation enabler for enabling at least some
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`'on transmission comprising some disabled information;
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`detectip.g the presence of an instruct-to-enable signal, with said instruct-t
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`and
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`modifying
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`aid instruct-to-enable signals, thereby to enable
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`or receives
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`s · station to present some disabled information on the basis of some enablement
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`information.
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`IN THE SPECIFICATION
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`On page 1, please rewrite the paragraph in the "Cross-Reference to Related
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`Applications" as follows:
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`herein incorporated by reference in its entirety, which is a continuation of application
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`serial no. 056,501, filed May 3, 1993, now U.S. Patent 5,335,277, which was a
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`continuation of application serial no. 849,226, filed March 10, 1992, now U.S. 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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`now U.S. Patent No. 5,109,414, which was a continuation of application serial no.
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`096,096, filed Sept. 11, 1987, now U.S. Patent No. 4,965,825, which was a continuation(cid:173)
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`in-part of application serial no. 829,531, filed Feb. 14, 1986, now U.S. 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 U.S. Patent No. 4,694,490.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Reg. No. 27,836
`Attorney for Applicants
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`Date: June 7. 1995
`HOWREY & SIMON
`1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
`Washington, D.C. 20004
`Tel: (202) 383-6614
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