Appeal No. 2003-0047
Application No. 09/350,335
an operating condition judging means for judging an
operating condition of the imaging apparatus;
a control means for controlling a change in frequency
of the sweep-out of unnecessary charge by the sweep-out
means on the basis of an output of the operating condition
judging means; and
said change in frequency being a reduction in the
frequency when the operating condition judging means
determines that the operating condition requires energy
during a sweep-out operation.
The Examiner relies on the following references in rejecting
the claims:
Kondo et al (Kondo) 5,168,364 Dec. 1, 1992
Appellants’ admitted prior art, page 1 of the specification
and Figure 15 (admitted prior art).
Claims 2, 5, 9, 10 and 13-15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Kondo.
Claim 12 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Kondo.
Claims 16 and 17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Kondo and the admitted prior art.
We make reference to the answer (Paper No. 17, mailed April
23, 2002) for the Examiner’s reasoning, and to the appeal brief
(Paper No. 16, filed February 12, 2002) and the reply brief
(Paper No. 18, filed June 24, 2002) for Appellants’ arguments
thereagainst.
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