Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
Information Disclosure Statement
The information disclosure statements (IDS) submitted on 12/13/24 and 5/10/26 are in compliance with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97. Accordingly, the information disclosure statement is being considered by the examiner.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that form the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
A person shall be entitled to a patent unless –
(a)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale, or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claim(s) 1 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by
Wang et al. 2013/0076403
A system, comprising: a bias circuit (102 Fig.2) configured to generate a bias voltage and output the bias voltage at an output of the bias circuit; and a current cell, comprising: a bias transistor, wherein a gate (106, 108 Fig. 2) of the bias transistor (110, 112 Fig.2) is coupled to the output of the bias circuit (102 Fig. 2) ; a first switch, wherein the first switch and the bias transistor are coupled in series between an internal node (118 Fig. 2) and a ground; a second switch (116 Fig. 2) coupled between the internal node (118 Fig. 2) and an output of the current cell (Fout), wherein a control input of the second switch (Vcrtl 116, 136 Fig. 2) is coupled to a control input of the first switch (2A Fig. 2); and a third switch (132;166 Fig.4) coupled between a reference voltage (138 Fig. 2) and the internal node (118 Fig. 2).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 2-15 are objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
Claims 16-20 are allowed.
Conclusion
Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the examiner should be directed to PEGUY JEAN PIERRE whose telephone number is (571) 272-1803. The examiner can normally be reached from 8:00-6:30 PM Monday-Thursday. The examiner’s fax phone number is (571) 273-1803. The Examiner email address is peguy.jeanpierre@uspto.gov. If attempts to reach the Examiner are unsuccessful, the Examiner’s supervisor Dameon E. Levi can be reached at (571) 272-2105.
/PEGUY JEAN PIERRE/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2845
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