Appeal No. 1998-0441
Application 08/713,089
As to Figure 10, the Examiner states (EA6): "See
Fig. 10 and column 7, lines 10-27 for how to select a
particular reduced oscillator dependency on power source
voltage. It is said that current source G1 can be a diode,
which to one of ordinary skill in the art was a diode-
connected transistor, which were readily provided on the
transistor integrated circuit. Thus the constant voltage
circuit of Fig. 10 comprises a pair of MOS
transistors. . . . The constant voltage circuits connected
to external power source voltage Vdd-Vss."
Appellants argue that Sakurai does not disclose (1) the
claimed constant voltage configuration, (2) first and second
constant voltage sources each comprising a pair of MOS
transistors, (3) that the input of the constant voltage
circuits is an external power source voltage, or (4) that
the output of the constant voltage generating circuit is
applied as an input to the constant current elements (Br20).
The Examiner does not address these arguments.
Sakurai does not disclose first and second constant
voltage sources each comprising a pair of MOS transistors,
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