Appeal No. 96-0447
Application No. 08/145,731
circuit of claim 18 is “for operating,” not starting, an HID
lamp. At line 12 of the claim, it is recited that an output
pulse is provided “in order to operate said lamp.”
Accordingly, all of these claims are directed to the
“operation circuit,” and not to the “starting circuit” for a
HID lamp.
Further, independent claims 12, 14, 15 and 18 all require
a “same order of magnitude” limitation. Claim 12 recites that
the first voltage storing means and the second voltage storing
means are selected so that a value of the first energy level
is of the same order of magnitude as a value of the second
energy level while claim 14 recites that the high energy loop
has an energy value of the same order of magnitude as, but
greater than, an energy value of the low energy loop. Claim
18 recites that the value of a first capacitor is the same
order of magnitude as a value of a second capacitor. Claim 15
recites that a value of each of at least two levels of energy
is of the same order of magnitude as a value of another one of
the two levels of energy.
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