Appeal No. 1997-2296
Application No. 08/210,298
BACKGROUND
The disclosed invention is directed to a sampling circuit for use in a digital sampling
oscilloscope. Claim 1 is reproduced below.
1. Sampling circuit for a digital oscilloscope, comprising:
a current sampling switch for receiving an input and whose output represents
a charge packet[,] a charge amplifier having an input receiving the charge packet;
and
a charge-to-voltage converter having an input connected to an output of the
charge amplifier.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Harris et al. (Harris) 3,309,618 Mar. 14, 1967
Claims 3 through 7 have been objected to as being dependent upon a rejected
base claim, but allowable if rewritten in independent form.
Claims 1 and 2 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as being anticipated by
Harris.1
We refer to the Final Rejection (Paper No. 7), the Examiner's Answer (Paper No.
16), and the Supplemental Examiner’s Answer (Paper No. 19) for a statement of the
examiner's position and to the Brief (Paper No. 15), the Reply Brief (Paper No. 17), and
1A second rejection over a different reference has been withdrawn. (See Answer, page 2.)
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