Appeal No. 97-3672
Application 08/515,312
the resonance frequency of a third series circuit
including the first inductor and a parallel circuit of
the second capacitor and the third capacitor lies within
the range 0.1 Fb and 2.0 Fb, where Fb is the operating
frequency of the DC-AC converter.
Opinion
We reverse the rejection of claims 1-14.
A reversal of the rejection on appeal should not be
construed as an affirmative indication that the appellant’s
claims are patentable over prior art. We address only the
positions and rationale as set forth by the examiner and on
which the examiner’s rejection of the claims on appeal is
based.
The examiner finally rejected claims 1-14 as being
unpatentable over the admitted prior art described in the
instant specification (spec. at 1) in view of Shackle. (Paper
No. 8 at 2). The appellant’s specification on page 1
evidently describes as prior art the combination of circuit
components claimed in independent claims 1 and 11.
Apparently, what is novel is the setting of the resonance
frequency of the circuit formed by the serially connected
inductor and the parallel arrangement of second and third
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