Appeal No. 2001-1444
Application No. 08/994,706
series with a resistor, said resistor having an
impedance approximately equal to a characteristic
impedance of said power distribution system at said
discontinuities so as to absorb transient signals and
prevent reflections thereof from said discontinuities.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
Yamashita et al. (Yamashita) 5,396,198 Mar. 07, 1995
Yamamura et al. (Yamamura) 5,844,762 Dec. 01, 1998
(filed Dec. 12, 1996)
Claims 18-20, 22, and 23, all of the appealed claims, stand
finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable
over each one of Yamashita and Yamamura.
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellants and the
Examiner, reference is made to the Briefs1 and the Answer for the
respective details.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the subject matter on appeal,
the rejections advanced by the Examiner, the arguments in support
of the rejections and the evidence of obviousness relied upon by
the Examiner as support for the rejection. We have, likewise,
reviewed and taken into consideration, in reaching our decision,
Appellants’ arguments set forth in the Briefs along with the
1 The Appeal Brief was filed October 6, 2000 (Paper No. 16). In
response to the Examiner’s Answer mailed November 20, 2000 (Paper No. 17), a
Reply Brief was filed January 25, 2001 (Paper No. 18), which was acknowledged
and entered by the Examiner in the communication dated February 22, 2001
(Paper No. 20).
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