Appeal No. 1998-0165
Application 08/566,270
1. A system for selectably oscillating at a first or a
second oscillating frequency, the system comprising:
an oscillator for providing an oscillating output; and
a switching device for selecting a first or a second
impedance in response to a select signal having a voltage,
each of said impedances being fixed independently of the
select signal voltage, said oscillating output oscillating at
the first oscillating frequency if said first impedance is
provided and oscillating at the second oscillating frequency
if said second impedance is provided, wherein said switching
device comprises a transistor driven into a saturation mode if
said select signal is at a first voltage and driven into an
off mode if said select signal is at a second voltage.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Anderson 5,367,537 Nov. 22, 1994
Claims 1-6, 10, 11, 14, and 17-19 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Anderson.
We refer to the Final Rejection (Paper No. 10) and the
Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 19) for a statement of the
examiner's position and to the Brief (Paper No. 18) for1
appellant’s position. Subsequent to the Final Rejection,
amendments have been entered to Claims 5 and 9 (Paper No. 12)
and to Claim 13 (Paper No. 15), consistent with the examiner’s
statement on page 3 of the Answer.
1We have not considered an initial brief (Paper No. 15) which the
examiner held to lack compliance with 37 CFR § 1.192.
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