Ex Parte Chiu - Page 3



           Appeal No. 2006-3126                                             Page 3            
           Application No. 10/154,060                                                         

             • a power estimator, which is adapted to provide an estimate of                  
                currently available power from the power supply to the controller.            

                                      THE REFERENCES                                          

                The examiner relies on the following references:                              

           Wu      5,758,269    May 26, 1998                                                  

           Flynn     5,870,685    Feb. 9, 1999                                                

           Rusch     6,801,777    Oct. 5, 2004                                                

                                      (filed      Nov. 27, 2001)                              



                                      THE REJECTIONS                                          

                The following rejections are on appeal before us:                             

                1. Claims 6, 7 and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being         
                   anticipated by Flynn.                                                      

                2. Claims 1-5, 8, 10 and 11-15 stand rejected under                           
                   35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over the teachings of             

                   Flynn in view of Rusch.                                                    

                3. Claims 16-18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being              
                   unpatentable over the teachings of Flynn in view of Rusch, and             

                   further in view of Wu.                                                     











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