Ex Parte NICOLLINI et al - Page 6




          Appeal No. 2000-1939                                                        
          Application 08/791,281                                                      

          capacitors C2 and C3 in a circuit of the type shown in prior art            
          Figure 1.                                                                   












               Figures                                   4 and 5, not                 
          reproduced                                     below, show this             
          technique applied to two alternative embodiments each having a              
          single switched capacitor.                                                  
          The claims                                                                  
               Claim 34, which is representative, reads as follows: 1                 
                    34.  A switched capacitor circuit with low                        
               distortion having a circuit input terminal, the circuit                
               comprising:                                                            
                    a first switching element with a first switch                     
               terminal coupled to the circuit input terminal and a                   
               second switch terminal coupled to a reference level, a                 
               switch common terminal, and a switch control to                        
               alternatively couple said switch common terminal to                    
               said first switch terminal or said second switch                       
               terminal at a predetermined switching rate, said first                 
               switching element having a nonlinear parasitic                         

                    1  Claim 34 is incorrectly reproduced in the Appendix;            
          the term "nonlinear" should not be hyphenated.  We note too that            
          claim 18 as it appears in the application and the Appendix                  
          incorrectly depends on itself.                                              

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