Appeal No. 96-1582
Application No. 08/292,928
means connected in circuit with the ballast output terminals
as well as with the second pair of DC terminals.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Stupp et al. (Stupp) 4,560,908 Dec. 24,
1985
Claims 1 through 40 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as unpatentable over Stupp.
Reference is made to the brief and answer for the
respective positions of appellant and the examiner.
OPINION
We will sustain the rejection of claims 8, 15, 34 through
36 and 38 through 40 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 but we will not
sustain the rejection of claims 1 through 7, 9 through 14, 16
through 33 and 37 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
The examiner applies Stupp against all of the pending
claims. Stupp is directed, as is the instant invention, to a
high-frequency ballast for discharge lamps. Also, like the
instant claimed invention, Stupp discloses a power line which
provides a substantially sinusoidal AC power line voltage and
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