Appeal No. 96-0236
Application 08/187,364
duration selection pulses. In fact, it is possible for low-
frequency pulses of long duration to produce a higher average
current than is produced by high-frequency pulses of short
duration.
For the foregoing reason, the rejection of independent
claims 1 and 13 for unpatentability over Hoshino in view of
Kuijk is reversed, as is the rejection of dependent claims 2,
4, 9-12, 14, and 16 over those two references.
The above-noted deficiency in the teachings of Hoshino
and Kuijk is not cured by Fuse, on which the examiner
additionally relies in rejecting claims 3 and 5.
Consequently, the rejection of these claims over Hoshino in
view of Kuijk and Fuse is also reversed.
REVERSED
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JOHN C. MARTIN )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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) BOARD OF PATENT
RICHARD L. TORCZON, JR. )
Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND
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