Appeal No. 1999-1552
Application No. 08/678,255
properly brought here by reason of appeal is regarded as
abandoned and will not be considered. It is our function as a
court to decide disputed issues, not to create them.”).
In response to the rejection of claims 1 and 2 under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) over Kanatani and Masumori (answer, pages
3 and 4), appellants argue (brief at pages 4 through 6) that
the modifying reference to Masumori (Fig. 10) does suggest using
two D/A converters (24) having two switches (27 and 28);
terminals 1 through h are first supplied a positive voltage while
terminals h+1 to 2h are supplied a negative voltage, while at
another time, terminals 1 through h are supplied a negative
voltage and terminals h+1 through 2h are supplied a positive
voltage, see column 14, lines 5 through 53. In contrast, the
claimed structure supplies only positive voltage to one converter
and negative voltage to another converter. The alternating of
these positive and negative voltages is accomplished via the two
separate switching circuits (24L and 24R in Fig. 1 of appellants’
disclosure) following the converters. The examiner responds
(answer, at page 5) that
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