Appeal No. 96-4083
Application 08/268,039
an optical modulator for modulating the light output
from said semiconductor laser diode in response to an applied
modulation signal; and
a bypass capacitor whose electrodes are respectively
connected to an electrode of said semiconductor laser diode to
which said power supply is connected and a common connection
means connected to one electrode of said semiconductor laser
diode and to one electrode of said optical modulator within
said module.
The references relied on by the Examiner are as
follows:
Fenner 3,504,302 Mar. 31, 1970
Suzuki et al. (Suzuki), "Electrical and Optical Interactions
between Integrated InGaAsP/InP DFB Lasers and
Electroabsorption Modulators," Journal of Lightwave
Technology, Vol. 6, No. 6 (June 1988), pp. 779-785.
Claims 33 through 42 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102 as being anticipated by Suzuki. Claim 5 stands rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Fenner.
Claims 15 through 20 and 45 through 47 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Fenner and Suzuki.
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