Ex parte SAKUI et al. - Page 4




          Appeal No. 1997-3444                                                        
          Application 08/268,728                                                      

               Tsukada3            52-006036              January 18,                 
          1977                                                                        
               (Japanese Published Unexamined Patent Application                      
          (Kokai))                                                                    
               Switching Transistor Handbook (1st ed., Motorola, Inc.                 
               1963), pp. 29-67, 285-304 (hereinafter "Handbook")                     
               Claims 21 and 35 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)               
          as being anticipated by the Handbook.                                       
               Claims 21, 22, and 35 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.                   
          § 102(b) as being anticipated by Tsukada.                                   
               Claims 21-24 and 35 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.                     
          § 102(b) as being anticipated by Smith.                                     
               Claims 21-23, 25-28, 30, 31, and 35 stand rejected under               
          35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Ando.                            
               Claims 21, 29, and 35 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.                   
          § 102(b) as being anticipated by Mar.                                       
               We refer to the Final Rejection (Paper No. 32) and the                 
          Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 43) (pages referred to as "EA__")              
          for a statement of the Examiner's position and to the Appeal                
          Brief (Paper No. 42) (pages referred to as "Br__") for a                    
          statement of Appellants' arguments thereagainst.  The Reply                 

            Our understanding of this reference is based upon a3                                                                      
          translation prepared by the Patent and Trademark Office, a                  
          copy of which accompanies this decision.                                    
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