The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 40 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte PATRIZIA MILAZZO, GREGORIO BONTEMPO and ANGELO ALZATI ____________ Appeal No. 1998-0824 Application No. 08/621,767 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before FLEMING, GROSS, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges. FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 37 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 1 through 37, all the claims pending in the present application. The present invention relates to output power stages employing a power switch for connecting to a ground node a load and wherein static power consumption within the driving circuit is substantially eliminated.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007