Appeal No. 2001-0740
Application 09/054,415
Claims 2-4 and 6
The obviousness rejection of claims 2-4 and 6 over Mizuide
does not cure the deficiencies with respect to claim 1. Thus,
the rejection of claims 2-4 and 6 is also reversed.
Claim 9
Appellants argue that Mizuide does not disclose "a power
control circuit having two output levels connected to said active
element and selectively providing one of said levels to said
element during a portion of its operating time and providing
another level to said element during another portion of its
operating time" (Br17).
The examiner states that Mizuide will provide a differential
output with respect to inputs V 1 and V2 and one of ordinary skill
in the art would have known that digital input signals could be
provided (EA21).
We disagree with the examiner. The purpose of Mizuide is to
provide a differential comparator with hysteresis
characteristics. The use of digital input signals makes no sense
in the operation of such a differential comparator. The
rejection of claim 9 is reversed.
Claim 11
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