Appeal No. 2000-1954
Application No. 08/593,459
The invention pertains to a circuit for a camera. Claim 1
is illustrative and reads as follows:
1. A charging circuit, comprising:
a transformer which transforms a supplied voltage and
supplies said transformed voltage to a load to be
charged;
a switching device which is connected with said
transformer; and
a controller which detects a voltage which is applied
from a power source to said transformer, and determines
whether or not said voltage is equal to or larger than
a prescribed value, and controls said switching device
to switch on and off in different manners in accordance
with said determination so that the charging of the
load is performed in different manners.
The reference relied upon by the examiner is:
Hauenstein 4,150,306 Apr. 17, 1979
Claims 1-4, 6, 8-10, 12-14, 23, 24 and 26 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated by Hauenstein.
The respective positions of the examiner and the appellants
with regard to the propriety of this rejection are set forth in
the examiner’s answer (Paper No. 25) and the appellants’ brief
and reply brief (Paper Nos. 24 and 27, respectively).
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