Appeal No. 1996-3126
Application No. 08/300,586
anticipation rejection of claim 54 and its dependent, claim
35.
Similarly, for claim 55, the examiner merely states
(Final Rejection, page 4, and Answer, page 6) that the voltage
waveforms of both Sokal and Krauss have a maximum voltage
during the response time period. Again the examiner concludes
that the claimed means (a means for increasing the power) is
inherent to the circuit. The examiner, however, has ignored
the limitation that the maximum switch voltage must remain
constant while the power level increases. Further, the
examiner has failed to identify in the references appellants'
disclosed means for accomplishing such an increase of the
power, in accordance with Donaldson. Since neither Sokal nor
Krauss discloses the claimed means, we cannot sustain the
anticipation rejection of claim 54 and its dependent, claim
35.
CONCLUSION
The decision of the examiner rejecting claims 2, 3, 5, 21
through 23, 25, 35, 38, and 52 through 55 under 35 U.S.C.
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