Appeal No. 1998-2710
Application 08/582,045
Claims 8, 11, 18-19
These claims are rejected over Funada, Lee and Hynecek.
We take claim 8 as representative of this group. The Examiner
asserts, answer at page 5, that "it would have been obvious
... to incorporate the equalizing transistor taught by the
Hynecek reference into the Funada reference in view of the Lee
reference." We note that since Hynecek does not cure the
deficiency noted above in the combination of Funada and Lee,
we do not sustain the rejection of claim 8 and its grouped
claims 11, 18 and 19 over Funada, Lee and Hynecek.
In conclusion, we do not sustain the rejection under
35 U.S.C. § 103 of claims 1, 3-6, 9, 10, 12-15 and 25 over
Funada and Lee, and of claims 8, 11, 18 and 19 over Funada,
Lee and Hynecek.
Accordingly, the decision of the Examiner rejecting
claims 1, 3-6, 8-15, 18-19, and 25 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is
reversed.
REVERSED
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