Appeal No. 2001-0740
Application 09/054,415
matter which is completely different than what has been
disclosed. The problem is that it is not easy to see how the
claims read on Mizuide and the claim language often does not fit.
Nevertheless, the rejection of several claims is justified. For
the discussion of the claims, we find that transistors 1 and 3 in
Mizuide are current amplifiers. We also agree with the
examiner's finding that a change in current is a change in power.
Claims 1, 5, 7, and 8
Appellants argue that Mizuide does not teach providing
"relatively high power to an active element during at least one
portion of an amplifier's operational cycle and to provide
relatively low power otherwise" as required by claim 1 (Br13).
The examiner states that 67, 61, 55 in Mizuide can be deemed
a power control circuit which provides a high power (current
flowing through both transistors 51 and 57) during a portion of
the cycle, and a low power (current flowing only through 55)
otherwise (EA14-15).
The examiner interprets "an amplifier's operational cycle"
as the time when the overall device is operating. Appellants do
not respond to this interpretation. We agree with the examiner
that an "operational cycle" is broad enough to read on the time
when a circuit is in operation. Claim 1 does not require the
high power to be applied at any specific time during the cycle;
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