Appeal No. 1996-3113
Application 08/099,243
providing base current, at a base terminal of said
transistor, to achieve a desired current flow between an
emitter terminal of said transistor and a collector terminal
of said transistor;
continually monitoring substrate current, which flows
between said transistor and said substrate; and
reducing said base current whenever said substrate
current exceeds a predetermined minimum.
The reference relied on by the Examiner is as follows:
Tatsuya et al. (Tatsuya) JP 60153204 Aug. 12,2
1985
Claims 18 and 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
as being anticipated by Tatsuya.
Rather than repeat the arguments of Appellants or the
Examiner, we make reference to the brief, reply brief, answer
and supplemental answer for the respective details thereof.
OPINION
Both the Examiner and Appellants have relied on a copy of the abstract2
of this patent from Patent Abstracts of Japan (supplied in Appellants’ IDS
filed as paper no. 6). We shall rely on the same abstract.
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