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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`In re Application of:
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`De Nicol.o et al.
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`Serial No. 09/041,838
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`Filed: March 12, 1998
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`For:
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`POWER MANAGEMENT FOR
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`) Examiner: Ayaz R. Sheiklici
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`I be.reby certify that this correspondence is being deposited
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`AMEND
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`Honorable Assistant Commissioner
`for Patents
`Washington, D.C. 20231
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`Dear Sir:
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`This paper is responsive to the Office Action dated October 5,1999.
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`In the Title
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`Kindly L t i t l e of the invention to read as follows:
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`-- POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR MODULAR ELECTRONIC DEVICES-.
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`In re Application of:
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`Serial No. 09/041,838
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`Filed: March 12, 1998
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`For:
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`POWER MANAGEMENT FOR
`MODULAR SYSTEM
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`) Art Unit: 2781
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`) Examiner: Ayaz R. Sheiklici
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`AMEND
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`Honorable Assistant Commissioner
`for Patents
`Washington, D.C. 20231
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`Dear Sir:
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`This paper is responsive to the Office Action dated October 5,1999.
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`In the Title
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`Kindly L t i t l e of the invention to read as follows:
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`-- POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR MODULAR ELECTRONIC DEVICES-.
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`0n the Claims L
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`end claims 1, 18;21 and 25 as follows:
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`(Once Amended) A power manageme t system for a modular electronic system,
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`said power management system comprising;
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`a backplane to which a modular co ponent may be connected, said modular
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`component having an associated known aximurn power demand;
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`a query line [conductor
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`through said backplane, a first end
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`query line [conductor] adapted to connect to
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`said modular component; and
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`a power supervisor attach d to said backplane and to said second end of said query
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`line [conductor], said powers ervisor adapted to query said query line [conductor] and
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`to receive therefrom an assoc· ated known maximum power demand of said modular
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`component
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`(Once Amended) An electronic modu
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`electronic system including a bac.kplane and a pOwer supervisor, said power supervisor
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`having information indicative of remaining uncommitted electronic power resources of
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`said electronic system. said modular component comt>risin&:
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`a guezy .line conductor having a first end and a second end. said first end
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`connected to said backplane. said second end connected to a guery node;
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`a resistor having a first term1nal connected to said guezy node and a second
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`terminal connected to a source of a first voltage. said resistor's resistance indicative of a
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`known maximum power demand of the electronic modular component. said resistor being
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`able to be queried by the power supervisor while the electronic modular component is
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`attached to the backplane: and
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`[An electronic component according to claim 17 wherein] a zener diode having a
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`breakdown voltage set to a second voltage. said zener diode having [has] a cathode
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`connected to said query node and an anode operatively connected to a switch, said switch
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`having a first state and a second state, said switch transmitting an enable signal to a
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`power soft start circuit of the electronic modular component when in said first state and
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`not transmitting said enable signal when in said second state, said switch being in said
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`second state in the absence of substantial current flow through said zener diode.
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`(Once
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`nded) A modular electronic system according to claim 20 wherein said
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`omprises an electrical impedance element, an electrical impedance [the
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`value] of which i preselected to correlate with.said known maximum power requirement.
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`(Once Amended) A modular electronic system. comprising:
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`a ~ackplane to which an electronic module having a known maximum power
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`requirement is attached;
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`a power supervisor connected to said backplane;
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`a guery line conductor coupling a guery node of said electronic module to said
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`power supervisor through said backplane;
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`encoding means associated with said electronic module for providing signals to
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`said power supervisor which are indicative of said maximum power requirement. said
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`encoding means comprising a first resistor haying a resistance preselected to correlate
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`with said known maximum power reguirement: and
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`a programmed microprocessor associated with said power supervisor for decoding
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`said signals to detennine said maximum power reguirement. said signals being voltage
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`signals produced by passing an electric current through said first resistor:
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`[A modular
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`electronic system according to claim 24 further comprising a query node,] said ·first
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`resistor being connected between said query node and a source of a first voltage, said
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`signals carried over a query conductor passing from said query node through said
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`backplane and coupled through a second resistor to a source of a second voltage.
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`REMARKS
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`The title of the invention has been amended to more clearly indicate the invention
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`to which the claims are directed.
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`Claims 1-27 are presently pending in the above-identified patent application. No
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`claim is allowed. By this amendment claims 1 and 21 have been amended to further
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`particularly point out and distinctly claim subject matter regarded as the invention.
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`Specifically, the 35 U.S.C. § 112 rejections were addressed. Claims depending therefrom
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`are similarly changed.
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`Claims 18 and 25 have been rewritten in independent form to overcome the
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`objection based on dependency of claims 18 and 25 upon rejected base claims.
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`The 35 USC§ 112Rejection
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`Claims 2-6, 14 and 21-26 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C § 112, second paragraph,
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`as being allegedly indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the
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`subject matter applicant regards as the invention. This objection is respectfully traversed.
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`Claims 1, 18, 21 and 25 have been amended to overcome this rejection of claims.
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`With this amendment it is respectfully submitted that the claims satisfy the statutory
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`requirements.
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`Specifically, claim 1 was amended to change references to "query conductor" to -(cid:173)
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`query line-- in order to make it consistent with dependent claims 2-6, 14.
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`Claim 21 was amended to change the reference to "the value" to --an electrical
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`impedar ce- to obviate the antecedent basis problem with claims 21-26.
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`The First 35 USC § 103 Ca) Rejection
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`Claims 1-2 and 16-17 stand rejected as being allegedly unpatentable over
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`Balalcrishman (USP 5122691) in view of Hayasaka (USP 5845142). This rejection is
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`respectfully traversed.
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`Balakrishman et al. teaches a back plane architecture of a particular type. It has no
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`particular relevance to power management as acknowledged by the Examiner. ·-
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`Hayasaka et al. teaches a portable data communications tenninal powered by a
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`battery. The terminal includes a number of hardwired components including a floppy
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`disk drive (FDD). Because the terminal is battery powered and communications require
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`the intermittent energization of a radio transmitter circuit, a forecaster is provided to
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`determine an energy budget for a proposed transmission. A comparison is made to
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`evaluate the budget against available power (what is in the battery less continuous
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`demand). If the budget can be met, the transmission proceeds. If it cannot be met, the
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`transmission is postponed and components like the FDD can be switched off temporarily
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`so that an attempt can be made to meet the budget and proceed with the transmission.
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`While it is conceivable that one building a device such as that taught by Hayasaka
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`et al. might desire to use a backplane configuration, such a combination would not yield
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`the pres~ntly claimed invention.
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`In the presently claimed invention, a power supervisor gueries a guezy conductor
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`connected to the device and receives therefrom the value of the maximum power demand
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`of a device. Hayasaka et al. does not teach this. Hayasa.ka's only real example is the
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`FDD and its power demand is apparently known a priori and stored in a memory
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`associated with the CPU, not obtained from the device.
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`The argument in paragraph 7 (claims 1, 16) of the office action essentialfy says
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`that Hayasaka et al' s judging unit 18 corresponds to the power supervisor of the present
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`invention, the communication unit 12 corresponds to the modular component of the
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`present invention and that the forecasting unit 16 provides power information to the
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`judging unit 18 over the line between unit 16 and unit 18 which must logically
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`correspond to the query line of the prudent claims.
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`Clearly, however, Hayasaka'sjudging unit 18 does not query a query line
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`connected to the modular component. Instead, it communicates with an intermediate
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`computerized forecasting unit. The function and simplicity of the present invention is not
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`provided and the claims are not met.
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`Later in paragraph 7 (claims 2, 17) of the office action attention is drawn to sense
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`resistor 8? of Fig. 1 of Hayasaka et al.· As allegedly supplying the teaching to use a
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`voltage drop through a known resistance to signal the maximum power draw from a
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`specific modular component.
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`First, register 86 is used to sense the instantaneous voltage in the battery as can be
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`seen from Fig. 1 and Col. 3. It provides no information of the maximum rated power of a
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`component such as the FDD or the transmitter. The conclusion is therefore utterly
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`without support.
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`At best, Resistor 86 is coupled to a line providing the instantaneous battery voltage
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`to the ADC 88. This is not as claimed where a query line connects the modular
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`component to a power supervisor and the power supervisor provides a first voltage source
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`coupled to the query line through a first resistance. No such fixed voltage is applied to
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`any "modular component" in Hayasaka et al.
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`Similarly missing is any component connected to a claimed query line having an
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`encoded maximum power demand for an electronic modular component.
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`Accordingly, claims 1, 2, 16 and 17 are allow able over the cited art of record
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`because the cited art taken above or in combination simply does not contain or teach the
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`claimed subject matter.
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`The Second 35 USC§ 103 Ca) Rejection
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`Claims 3-15, 19-24 and 27 stand rejected under 35 USC§ 103 (a) as being
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`allegedly unpatentable over Balakrishnan et al. in view of Hayasaka et al. and further in
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`view of Teng et al. (USP 5613130). This rejection is respectfully traversed.
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`Claims 3. 10
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`Paragraph 8 argues that claims 3 and 10 are obvious because Teng et al. teach a
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`PCM CIA .card receptacle which can provide a correct voltage to a PCMCIA card
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`requiring one of a plurality of voltages.
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`First, because the base claims are allowable as shown above, these claims are also
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`allowable.
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`Further, there is nothing in the combination of references to teach the presently
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`claimed invention. In the referenced claims a query line is connected to a voltage source
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`at the power supervisor through a resistor, the consequent voltage is applied directly to
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`the modular component which interacts with the voltage to tell the supervisor its
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`maximum power demand (not its instaptaneous power demand).
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`Teng, et al. operates completely differently. Teng's discussion of the background
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`art shows that the prior art voltage selection was accomplished by forming a conductive
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`path between 2 of a larger plurality of VS pins upon card insertion. Thus, a pair out of a
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`collection of more than a pair of pins are coupled upon insertion and the voltage selector
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`sees which pair is coupled to select the correct voltage.
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`Teng et al. senses the demand voltage for the PCMCIA card in the same way as
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`the standard VS circuit. It does not do so in a manner analogous to that of the presently
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`claimed invention.
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`Claims 4. 11
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`The office action suggests that Balakrishman, Hayasaka and Teng teach the
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`presently claimed invention because the combination would provide proper voltage
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`selection.
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`Claims 4 and 11 relate to applying a "go" signal to the same query line that the
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`cited references fail to teach in order to permit the module to power up. This is
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`completely different from Teng. In Teng different lines are used to achieve voltage
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`selection and to detect desired voltage. See Teng et al.
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`Claims 5. 12
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`The office action suggests that the same combination of references teaches the
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`presently claimed invention because Hayasaka's power supervisor (the judging unit 18)
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`generates a control signal to turn on/off the module (12) in response to unit 14.
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`Claims 5 and 12 relate to having the power supervisor generate a signal over a line
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`to a switch, the switch controlling power to the query line, the power controlling the
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`on/off state of the module.
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`First, for the reasons above, these claims are allowable because the base claims
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`from which they depend are allowable.
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`Second, the construct alleged in the office action does not meet the claim. There
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`is no switch, power isn't switched on the~ line, and switching the power on the
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`query line doesn't turn on the module. Recall that the office action takes the position that
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`the "query line" is the line connecting forecasting unit 16 with judging unit 18 (para. 7.)
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`Hence applying power to this line cannot (see Fig. 2) cause module 12 to turn on as
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`presently understood in the context of the cited references.
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`Claims 6. 13
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`IQ. claims 6, 13 the switch is a transistor.
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`The same arguments made above are pertinent here.
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`Claims 7. 8
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`These claims add to claim 1 by incorporating a comparison of available or excess
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`power in the system with the demand determined over the query line.
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`For the reasons set forth above, these claims are allowable because they{urther
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`limit allowable claims.
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`Claim 9
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`This claim adds to claim 8 the same additional limitation as claim 2. Please see
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`the discussion about claim 2 above.
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`Claims 14-15
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`These claims provide for a digitizing element over claims 6 and 13, respectively.
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`The arguments set forth above are equally applicable here.
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`These claims are allowable because they depend from allowable claims.
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`Furthermore, in these claims a digital representation of the query line voltage is
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`provided to the power supervisor. The office action states that this is met by ADC 88 of
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`Hayasaka. It is not. ADC 88 provides a digital value of the raw battery voltage to SUB
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`CPU 34. This is not the query line. As the office action implies at para. 7, the query line
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`is between judging unit 18 and forecasting unit 16. Col. 4 says that judging unit 18 and
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`forecasting unit 16 are both SUB CPU 34 - hence there is no discemable query line in the
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`'142 reference. In any event, there is no query line as defined in the present claims in the
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`'142 reference and it is axiomatic that each limitation of the claims must be met in order
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`for an art rejection to stand.
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`The claims are allowable.
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`Claim 19
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`In this claim the component is a memory.
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`The office action suggests that the same combination yields this claim as well
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`because Teng et al. stores a voltage value in a voltage limit register 22.
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`In Teng the multiple VS lines are decoded to yield the desired voltage. Software
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`figures this out and stores the desired voltage value for the card in voltage select register
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`24 (Col. 3). The voltage limit register 22 stores a code representing a maximum voltage
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`for the card in response. This value is stored, however, after the card has been read with
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`the VS lines in the conventional way.
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`This is entirely different from claim 19. In claim 19 a memory in the module
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`(corresponding to the PCMCIA card in Teng) knows its maximum power value. When
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`plugged in, it can be powered because unlike Teng there is no ambiguity as to its voltage
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`requirements. It downloads the data over the query line. The data is read and a
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`determination made as to whether to switch the module on completely, or not. In Teng,
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`the module is going to go on, no matter what, the only question is what voltage to give it
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`and that is decided by the VS line, not a memory. In the present invention the module
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`will be switched on if sufficient additional power resource are available to meet its
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`maximum possible power demand.
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`Furthermore, the claim is allowable because it depends from allowable claims.
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`Claim 20
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`The same combination is alleged here.
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`The arguments made above are equally applicable here.
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`Claim 22
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`See arguments re claim 4.
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`Claim 23
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`Since claim 22 is allowable this claim is also allowable.
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`Claim 24
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`Since claim 23 is allowable this claim is also allowable. Note: the suggested
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`reason for the combination, i.e., to "provide a proper voltage selection and to avoid the
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`damage to, the installed cards" is inapposite. The purpose of the invention is clearly set
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`forth in the specification and is to avoid powering up a module for which there may be
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`insufficient power in the system to meet the maximum power demand of the module at
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`all times and under all conditions.
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`Claim 27
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`See discussions re claims 20 and 7-8.
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`In view of the foregoing, it is respectfully asserted that all of the claims are now in
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`condition for allowance.
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`Reguest for Allowance
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`It is believed that this amendment and response place the above-identified patent
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`application into condition for allowance. Early favorable consideration of the present
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`amendment and response is earnestly solicited. If, in the opinion of the Examiner, an
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`interview would expedite the prosecution of this application, the Examiner is invited to
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`call the undersigned attorney at the nwnber indicated below.
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`Our checks in the amounts of $156.00 to cover the required fees for the addition of
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`two independent claims and $110.00 for a one month extension are enclosed.
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`Respectfully submitted ,
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`Dated: January \ l, 2000
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`D ' Alessandro & Ritchie
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`(408) 44 1-1100, ext. 118
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