The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not
written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 13
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte CHRISTOPHER E. TRESSLER
and
ANDREW W. STEINBACH
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Appeal No. 2000-2205
Application No. 08/991,107
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ON BRIEF
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Before HAIRSTON, LALL, and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges.
HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims
16 through 35.
The disclosed invention relates to a method and apparatus
for generating power consumption state information that indicates
an impending transition of a load from a low power consumption
state to a high power consumption state. The state information
is used to configure a power supply to provide a higher voltage
at the load during the transition from the low power consumption
state to the high power consumption state.
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