The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not
written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 20
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
_____________
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
_____________
Ex parte GEORGE PALASKAS and SHANTHI Y. PAVAN
_____________
Appeal No. 2002-2276
Application No. 09/472,702
______________
ON BRIEF
_______________
Before JERRY SMITH, FLEMING, and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent
Judges.
RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal from the Examiner’s
rejection of claims 1-4, 11, 12, 20, and 21. Claims 5-10, 13-19,
and 22 have been allowed.
The disclosed invention relates to a transconductance
setting circuit and method in which a reference voltage is
applied to a transconductor, which is coupled to a reference
current source and a feedback loop, to produce a current output.
Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007