Appeal No. 2000-2205
Application No. 08/991,107
Claim 16 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it
reads as follows:
16. A method of preventing computer malfunction during
a change in power consumption states, comprising:
providing power at a first voltage level to a load, the
load having a low power consumption state and a
high power consumption state;
receiving power consumption state information; and
increasing the first voltage level to a second voltage
level based on the power consumption state
information indicating an impending transition
from the low power consumption state to the high
power consumption state.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Mozdzen et al. (Mozdzen) 5,537,656 Jul. 16, 1996
Pitsch 5,852,377 Dec. 22, 1998
(filed Nov. 14, 1996)
Claims 16 through 35 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Mozdzen in view of Pitsch.
Reference is made to the briefs (paper numbers 9 and 11) and
the answer (paper number 10) for the respective positions of the
appellants and the examiner.
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