Appeal No. 1997-3444
Application 08/268,728
transistor operates in a first operating region, as that
region has been claimed.
Fourth, Appellant argues that claim 21 requires a
constant collector-emitter voltage V and the latching action
CE
in the Handbook does not take place at a constant V (Br16).
CE
The Examiner disagrees (EA8). We interpret claim 21 to
require, by its consistent reference to "said positive
collector-emitter voltage V ," the same collector-emitter
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voltage V be maintained upon varying V . The latching in theCE BE
Handbook does not occur at a constant V and, thus, it cannot
CE
be found that the claimed circuit operation is anticipated by
the Handbook.
Because the Examiner has failed to carry his burden of
proof to show inherency of the limitations of claim 21 in the
Handbook, the anticipation rejection of claims 21 and 35 is
reversed.
Tsukada
Appellants argue that Tsukada does not teach the biasing
means and operation recited in claim 21 (Br17).
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