Appeal No. 2005-1017 Page 2
Application No. 09/824,167
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to an apparatus or method for charging a
piezoelectric element which provides that a certain time delay or a predefined time can
be defined such that when a certain event occurs (i.e. the current reaches a
predetermined value) the charge or discharge of the piezoelectric element remains off
or on for a predefined time period (specification, p. 25). A copy of the claims under
appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellants’ brief.
The prior art reference
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
EP 0 871 230 A1 Reineke et al. Oct. 14, 1998
The rejections
Claims 1 to 6, 8 to 17 and 19 to 38 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as
being anticipated by Reineke.
Claim 7 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Reineke.1
1 The examiner has withdrawn the rejection of claims 1 to 17 and 19 to 38 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 112, second paragraph.
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