Appeal No. 1997-2057
Application No. 08/287,670
circuit is connected to a fully powered circuit, and that
Faucher teaches power management by individually reducing
voltage supplied to various circuits to reduce power
consumption while preventing data loss.
The examiner concludes that it would have been obvious to
combine the teachings of Bolan and Faucher with the disclosure
of Takada for the missing limitations to reject independent
claim 7.
Appellants set forth numerous arguments, only two of
which we will discuss. In particular, appellants first
contend (Brief, pages 13-18) that Takada fails to disclose the
claimed variable power source means, since the output is
always a single voltage rather than the claimed range of
voltages. Appellants allege (Brief, page 13) that Takada's
elements form a voltage regulator rather than a variable power
source because of the single voltage output. Second,
appellants argue (Brief, pages 23-24) that there is no
suggestion in the references that any of the elements of
Takada could or should be used for the purpose of power
management.
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