Appeal No. 2001-0740
Application 09/054,415
Appellants respond that one of ordinary skill in the art
would know when and how to activate the high power state, for
example, "one would know because of the clocking of the sample
and hold circuits when slewing would be expected on the amplifier
of Figure 11" (Br7).
We agree with appellants that one of ordinary skill in the
art would know when slewing is expected because this is a clocked
circuit. For example, in Fig. 2 one would expect slewing at the
time when switches 2 are closed and switches 1 are opened and the
charge from Cin is transferred to Cint (spec. at 7-8). We
consider that one skilled in the art would have known how to
provide signals "p" and "pb" since these are simply complementary
signals and the time when they are to be applied is known. The
rejection of claims 15 and 16 under § 112, first paragraph, is
reversed.
35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph
Claims 1-8
The examiner states that when the "low power" is provided to
the active element in claim 1 is misleading (EA4).
Appellants respond that the examiner's interpretation of the
claim language is unrealistic (Br8).
The examiner responds that "an amplifier's operational
cycle" is not described in claim 1 and, so, it can include times
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