Ex parte NILSSEN - Page 3




          Appeal No. 1997-3995                                                        
          Application No. 07/952,303                                                  


          terminal, said first pair of transistors each having a                      
          terminal that is connected with a first junction, said second               
          pair of transistors each having a terminal that is connected                
          with a second junction; the first and second junctions being                
          galvanically connected with the first and second output                     
          terminals, respectively; and                                                

               second sub-assembly connected between said junctions and               
          in circuit with each transistor’s control terminal, said                    
          second                                                                      
          sub-assembly comprising a tuned circuit and a third sub-                    
          assembly functional to cause said transistors to switch on and              
          off in a time-pattern operative to cause said output voltage                
          to have said periodic and substantially sinusoidal waveshape.               
          The examiner relies on the following references:                            
          Burke                         4,277,726          July 07, 1981              
          Walden                        4,346,332          Aug. 24, 1982              
          Nilssen                       5,189,342          Feb. 23, 1993              
          The following rejections have been made against the                         
          claims:                                                                     
          1. Claims 1-9, 17-20 and 33-43 stand rejected under                         
          35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over the teachings of                 
          Walden in view of Burke.                                                    
          2. Claims 28 and 29 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §                        
          103 as being unpatentable over the teachings of Burke taken                 
          alone.                                                                      
          3. Claims 1-9, 17-20, 28, 29 and 33-43 stand rejected                       
          under the judicially created doctrine of double patenting over              
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