Appeal No. 1998-1444 Page 7
Application No. 08/543,933
1784, (citing In re Gorman, 933 F.2d 982, 987, 18 USPQ2d 1885,
1888 (Fed. Cir. 1991)).
Here, the examiner alleges that, excepting a constant
voltage power supply, Yum shows all the claimed invention. He
specifically alleges, "Yum discloses the claimed device ...
except for constant voltage power supply." (Examiner's Answer
at 4.) The reference, however, belies the allegation.
Although Yum teaches a reference voltage V and a voltage
REF
divider junction 118, col. 6, ll. 49-55, the reference voltage
is not output from the voltage divider junction. To the
contrary, the reference voltage is output from output
terminals. Specifically, "[t]he reference voltage V appears
REF
between the negative and positive output terminals 114 and
116." Figure 4 of Yum shows that the output terminals 114 and
116 straddle the voltage divider network comprising resistors
R3 and R4. The examiner fails to allege, let alone show, that
Buck remedies the defect of Yum.
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