Appeal No. 2000-0354
Application No. 08/682,471
a first circuit fabricated on the integrated circuit
for controlling operation of the functional unit in response
to the measured or estimated energy dissipation of the
functional unit.
The following references are relied on by the examiner:
Bajorek et al. (Bajorek) 5,452,277 Sep. 19, 1995
Webster et al. (Webster) 5,504,909 Apr. 2, 1996
Claims 1 through 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner relies upon Bajorek in
view of Webster.
Rather than repeat the positions of the appellants and the
examiner, reference is made to the briefs and the answer for the
respective details thereof.
OPINION
As will be apparent from the following discussion, we
sustain only the rejection of independent claim 1 and reverse the
rejection of the remaining claims, 2 through 20, on appeal.
Although Bajorek’s system is, according to the title,
directed to an adaptive system for optimizing disk drive power
consumption, significant teachings and suggestions exist in the
background discussion at columns 1 through 3 of this reference
leading us to conclude the propriety of the combinability of
Bajorek and Webster within 35 U.S.C. § 103. The environment of
discussion begins in the initial paragraphs of Bajorek at column
2
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