Appeal No. 1997-2289
Application 08/395,691
via a tuned LC circuit, with a gas discharge lamp and operable
to supply an alternating lamp current thereto, the frequency
of the alternating lamp current being many times higher than
that of the AC power line voltage and remaining substantially
constant during a complete
period of the AC power line voltage; and (iii) control
circuitry responsive to the control voltage and functional to
control the magnitude of the lamp current supplied to the gas
discharge lamp and thereby the amount of light generated
thereby.
The Examiner relies on the following references:
Anderson 4,127,798 Nov. 28,
1978
Stevens 4,277,728 Jul. 7, 1981
Ganser et al. (Ganser) 4,471,269 Sep. 11, 1984
Claim 2 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first
paragraph.
Claim 1, 2, 5, 7 to 9, 11 to 13, and 16 to 19 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 over Anderson.
Claims 1, 2 and 4 to 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103 over Ganser in view of Stevens.
Claims 3, 4, 6, 10, 14 and 15 stand rejected over
Anderson and Stevens.
Rather than repeat the positions and the arguments of
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