Appeal No. 1999-0260
Application 08/571,064
a first power line for supplying power at a first voltage
level to said input/output device;
a second power line for supplying power at a second voltage
level to said input/output device;
a first detector for detecting an over-current in said first
power line;
a second detector for detecting an over-current in said
second power line;
disjunctive circuit means for logically adding the outputs
of said first and second detectors;
a first switch that is employed for connection and
disconnection of said first power line in response to an output
of said disjunctive circuit means; and
a second switch that is employed for connection and
disconnection of said second power line in response to an output
of said disjunctive circuit means.
The Examiner relies on the following references:
Price 5,532,898 Jul. 2, 1996
(filed Apr. 1, 1994)
Appellants' admitted prior art, including pages 1-7 of the
specification and figure 11 of Appellants' drawings
Claims 1-18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Appellants' admitted prior art in view of
Price.
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