Ex parte BORG - Page 11




          Appeal No. 1997-2774                                                        
          Application No. 08/080,471                                                  


          elements because the reference performs the same function as                
          claimed."                                                                   
               We find no suggestion in Tanaka that the same function is              
          performed, as Tanaka makes no mention of turning off the                    
          various devices, and, thus, we find no such equivalent                      
          elements.  Further, as to the obviousness of limiting the time              
          during which power is supplied, the prior art completely lacks              
          a teaching or suggestion as to how and why to do so.                        
          Therefore, we cannot sustain the rejection of claim 2.                      
               Claims 7, 8, and 10 through 13 all depend from claim 6,                
          and therefore include the same limitations noted above as                   
          lacking from Tanaka.  The examiner combines Tanaka with Keesen              
          (for claim 7), Yoshida (for claim 8), Barber (for claim 10),                
          Onoe (for claim 11), Onoe and Spragins (for claim 12), and                  
          Onoe and Handbook (for claim 13), but none of the additional                
          references cures the deficiencies of Tanaka detailed above in               
          the discussion of the rejection of claim 6.  Consequently, we               
          cannot sustain the rejections of claims 7, 8, and 10 through                
          13.                                                                         
               Claims 1, 27, and 28 include a means for or step of                    
          converting a portion of the signal and discarding the                       
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