Appeal No. 96-3998
Application No. 08/344,397
Ricoh (Japanese Kokai) 3 2-87675 Mar. 28,
1990
Martin et al. (Martin), “850V NMOS Driver with Active
Outputs,” IEDM, published 1984, pp. 266-269.
The rejections of the appealed claims are set forth by
the Examiner as follows : 4
1. Claims 16, 18, 20-24, and 28 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Ricoh together with
Fujihara and Martin.
2. Claims 16, 18, 20-24, and 28 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Ricoh together with
Fujihara, Martin, the admitted prior art and Yoshida.
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellants and the
Examiner, reference is made to the Brief and Answer for the
respective details thereof.
OPINION
3As noted by the Examiner at page 4 of the Answer,
Appellants filed an English translation of this Kokai
reference as paper no. 7 on April 26, 1994. This translation
has been used by the Examiner in formulating the rejection and
will also be relied on in this decision.
4The statement of the grounds of rejection in the
Examiner’s Answer incorrectly includes canceled claims 17 and
25-27 as rejected claims. The rejected claims on appeal are
claims 16, 18, 20-24, and 28.
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