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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`Daniel A. Artusi, Austin, 'l'X;
`Ross Fosler, Buda, TX;
`Allen F. Rozman, Murphy, TX;
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`The United States represents the largest, most dynamic marketplace in the world and is an unparalleled location
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`TITLE OF INVENTION: POWER SYSTEM WITH POWER CONVERTERS HAVING AN ADAPTIVE CONTROLLER
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`Paper No./Mail Date .
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`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2838
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`Notice of Allowability
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`Application No.
`Applicant(s)
`12/709,795 ARTUSI ETAL.
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`Examiner
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`YEMANE MEHARI 2838
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`The independent claims 1-20 are allowed overthe cited priorarts.
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`allowance: None ofthe cited prior art disclose or teach the claimed inventions in which a power
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`converter controller configured to receive a signal from a load indicating a system operational
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`state of the load as recited in claim 1, and a power converter controller configured to receive a
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`signal characterizing a power requirement of a processor system from a power system controller
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`as recited in claim 6 of the present application. In addition, none of the cited prior art disclose or
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`teach a power converter controller configured to receive a signal to identify an operation of a
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`processor system in a state of powerdrain from a powersystem controlleras recited in claim 11,
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`and providing a signal to identify an operation of a processor system in a state of power drain,
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`sensing a powerlevel of the state of powerdrain in responseto the signal, and controlling a
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`power converter topological state of a power converter as a function of the powerlevel as recited
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`in claim 16 of the present application.
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`The dependentclaims 2-5 are allowed due to their dependency on claim 1.
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`The dependent claims 7-10 are allowed due to their dependency on claim 6.
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`The dependentclaims 12-15 are allowed due to their dependency on claim 11.
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`The dependent claims 17-20 are allowed due to their dependency on claim 16.
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`Samsung, EX1003, p. 10
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