Ex parte OKADA - Page 12




          Appeal No. 1997-3956                                                        
          Application 08/583,960                                                      


          for dividing said large-level region into a plurality of                    
          middle-level regions the second voltage-dividing elements and               
          or comparison voltage generating means for dividing said                    
          middle-level regions into a plurality of small-level regions                
          with third voltage dividing elements wherein said third                     
          voltage dividing elements include one of a capacitor string                 
          comprising a plurality of series-connected capacitors and a                 
          resistor string comprising a plurality of series-connected                  
          resistors, each resistor of the resistor string having a high               
          resistance sufficient to avoid influencing the determined                   
          regions of the second voltage-dividing elements.                            
               We have not sustained the rejection of claim 6 under 35                
          U.S.C. § 103.                                                               
               Finally, the Examiner's decision is reversed.                          
                                   37 CFR § 1.196B                                    
               A new ground of rejection of claim 6 is entered under 35               
          CFR 1.196(b).  The specification is objected to under 35                    
          U.S.C.                                                                      
          § 112, first paragraph, as failing to provide an adequate                   
          written description of the invention.  Claim 6 is rejected                  
          under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, for the reasons set                 
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