Appeal No. 1997-0830
Application 08/132,998
The Examiner responds in the supplemental answer with the same
argument as set forth in the Examiner's answer in that the
advantages of the invention are not claimed and that Yamazaki
clearly teaches that the first voltage has a time constant
smaller than the second
voltage in that the first period is shown to be smaller in
figure 9a of Yamazaki.
We note that Appellants' claim 64 recites
a control circuit . . . which controls
said voltage divider circuit so that a
first voltage is selected . . . and a sec-
ond voltage is selected . . . in a manner
that a time constant, when said first
voltage is output to the data lines, is
smaller than a time constant when said
second voltage is output to the data lines.
We note that claim 67 recites similar claim language. Appel-
lants recite in claim 70
a plurality of control circuits . . .
selecting a first voltage in a manner that
an output impedance of said voltage divider
circuit is smaller in said first period
than an output impedance in said second
period.
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