Appeal No. 2003-0522
Application No. 09/324,237
complementary [ELECTR] Having pnp and npn or p- and n–
channel semiconductor elements on or within the same
integrated-circuit substrate or working together in the
same functional amplifier state.
complementary transistors [ELECTR] Two transistors of
opposite conductivity (pnp and npn)in the same
functional unit.
The initial circuit in Fig. 1 of Cerny relates to his
balanced active mixer circuit 101 which is modified in various
minor forms in the succeeding Figs. 2 through 5. Transistors
120, 121 relied upon by the examiner, such as in initial Figs. 1
through 3, are both NPN transistors and thus would not be
considered to be complementary transistors in the art.
Additionally, the embodiment in Cerny’s Figs. 4 and 5 relate to
FET transistors rather than the bipolar transistors of the same
conductivity type in Figs. 1 through 3. Since these transistors
in Figs. 4 and 5 of Cerny are of the same transistor type, they
are not considered by the artisan as complementary transistors.
In view of the foregoing, the decision of the examiner
rejecting various claims on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 102 is
reversed.
Under the provisions of 37 CFR 1.196(b) all of the pending
claims 1, 2, 8 through 14 and 20 through 30 are rejected under
the second paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112 as being vague and
indefinite. This rule permits us to reject any pending claim.
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