The opinion in support of this decision is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 15
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte GERHARD GOESER,
MARK ELLIOTT, and DONALD PRESLAR
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Appeal No. 2000-1938
Application No. 08/940,4671
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ON BRIEF
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Before THOMAS, MARTIN and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judges.
MARTIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's
final rejection of claims 1-4, all of the pending claims, over
prior art. We reverse.
A. The invention
The invention is a power output stage for inductive loads.
The admitted prior art power output stage and Appellants' power
output stage are depicted as follows in Appellants' Figures 1
and 2:
1 Application filed September 30, 1997.
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