Appeal No. 1997-2289 Application 08/395,691 via a tuned LC circuit, with a gas discharge lamp and operable to supply an alternating lamp current thereto, the frequency of the alternating lamp current being many times higher than that of the AC power line voltage and remaining substantially constant during a complete period of the AC power line voltage; and (iii) control circuitry responsive to the control voltage and functional to control the magnitude of the lamp current supplied to the gas discharge lamp and thereby the amount of light generated thereby. The Examiner relies on the following references: Anderson 4,127,798 Nov. 28, 1978 Stevens 4,277,728 Jul. 7, 1981 Ganser et al. (Ganser) 4,471,269 Sep. 11, 1984 Claim 2 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph. Claim 1, 2, 5, 7 to 9, 11 to 13, and 16 to 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 over Anderson. Claims 1, 2 and 4 to 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Ganser in view of Stevens. Claims 3, 4, 6, 10, 14 and 15 stand rejected over Anderson and Stevens. Rather than repeat the positions and the arguments of 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007