Appeal No. 97-0604
Application 08/306,766
all the claims in the application. An amendment after final
rejection was filed on March 18, 1996 and was entered by the
examiner.
The disclosed invention pertains to a method and
apparatus for causing the output voltage of an inertial
transducer to be linearly proportional to the power supply
voltage.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. In an inertial transducer: a vibratory element, a
drive circuit for applying a drive signal to the vibratory
element, a pickup circuit coupled to the vibratory element for
providing an output signal corresponding to movement of the
vibratory element, a power supply for supplying an operating
voltage to the drive circuit, and means responsive to the
power supply voltage for controlling the drive circuit so that
the drive signal and the output signal are proportional to the
supply voltage.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Macy et al. (Macy) 4,930,351 June 05, 1990
Florida et al. (Florida) 5,426,970 June 27, 1995
(filed Aug. 02, 1993)
Claims 1-10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
being anticipated by the disclosure of Macy. Claims 1-10 also
stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated
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