Appeal No. 2000-1938
Application 08/940,467
series-connected capacitor and resistor (claim 3), or a parallel-
connected capacitor and resistor (claim 4).
C. The references and rejections
The examiner relies on the following U.S. patents:2
Cooper et a al. (Cooper) 5,559,658 Sept. 24, 1996
Yasuda et al. (Yasuda) 5,629,586 May 13, 1997
Lebbolo et al (Lebbolo) 5,642,251 June 24, 1997
Fritschi et al. (Fritschi) 5,781,396 July 14, 1998
(filed Jan. 19, 1996)
Claim 1 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) for
obviousness over the admitted prior art shown in Appellants'
Figure 1 in view of Fritschi.
Claims 2 and 4 stand rejected under § 103(a) for obviousness
over the admitted prior art in view of either Cooper or Lebbolo.
Claim 3 stands rejected under § 103(a) for obviousness over
the admitted prior art in view of Yasuda et al.
2 The McCafferty et al. reference mentioned at page 6 of
the Answer but not recited in the statement of a rejection will
not be considered. "Where a reference is relied on to support a
rejection, whether or not in a minor capacity, that reference
should be positively included in the statement of the rejection."
MPEP § 706.02(j)(quoting In re Hoch, 428 F.2d 1341, 1342 n.3, 166
USPQ 406, 407 n.3 (CCPA 1970)). Accord Ex parte Movva, 31 USPQ2d
1027, 1028 n.l (Bd. Pat. App. & Int. 1993); Ex parte Raske,
28 USPQ2d 1304, 1304-05 (Bd. Pat. App. & Int. 1993); Ex parte
Hiyamizu, 10 USPQ2d 1393, 1394 (Bd. Pat. App. & Int. 1988).
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