The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today was not written for publication in a law journal
and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 21
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
Ex parte RYUICHI YOSHIDA
Appeal No. 2001-1481
Application No. 09/088,976
ON BRIEF
Before KRASS, RUGGIERO and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.
KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1-4, all of the pending claims.
The invention pertains to a driving control apparatus and
method. In particular, the waveform of a voltage applied to a
piezoelectric transducer is controlled, resulting in control of
an electrification period of time and an electrification start
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