Appeal No. 2001-0740
Application 09/054,415
contains no limitations about cycles or recurring time periods.
The rejection of claim 17 is sustained.
Claim 18
Appellants argue that Mizuide does not show "at least two
sources of current to said active element in which one of the
sources is selectively activated during at least one portion of
an amplifier's operational cycle and inactive otherwise" as
recited in claim 18 (Br13).
The examiner responds that current mirror 61 of at least two
current mirrors 55, 61 is selectively activated during a portion
of an amplifier's operational stage, where the amplifier (active
element) comprises elements 1, 3, 7, 9, referring to column 7,
lines 36-37 and 43-44 (EA16).
As discussed in connection with claim 1, there is nothing in
Mizuide that positively requires a change in current during
operation; this would depend on V 1 and V2 and whether V1 is
increased or V2 is decreased (col. 7, lines 20-52), which may or
may not happen. Therefore, it cannot be said that Mizuide
inherently "selectively activates" one current source during one
portion of an operational cycle. The anticipation rejection of
claim 18 is reversed.
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) over Mizuide
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