Appeal No. 1997-3098
Application 08/377,776
signals and said integrated threshold test signals and
providing an output signal to said microcontroller means.
THE REFERENCES
Tucci et al. (Tucci ‘598) 4,847,598 Jul. 11,
1989
Tucci et al. (Tucci ‘557) 4,937,557 Jun. 26,
1990
Birdsong et al. (Birdsong) 5,096,574 Mar. 17,
1992
THE REJECTION
Claims 1-14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Birdsong in view of Tucci ‘598 and Tucci
‘557.
OPINION
We have carefully considered all of the arguments
advanced by appellant and the examiner and agree with
appellant that the aforementioned rejection is not well
founded. Accordingly, we reverse this rejection.
Claims 1-4 and 8-11
Claims 1-4 and 8-11 require a microcontroller which is
capable of generating a plurality of first drive pulses and a
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