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 .
The annotated version of FIG 1 of this application shows the item-to-item matching for claimed languages.
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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 and 15 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Wang (US 2014/0320216).
The annotated version of FIG 2 of Wang shows one-to-one claimed language matching.
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Regarding claim 1, Wang discloses a system (FIG 2), comprising:
a first circuit (22, 24, transistor and resistor as shown in the annotated figure above) capable of generating a first voltage (at 31), wherein the first circuit includes an impedance (resistor with 22), and wherein the first voltage includes a first deviation caused by variation (22) of the impedance;
a second circuit (25, transistor and resistor as shown in the annotated figure above) capable of generating a second voltage (at 32) that includes a second deviation corresponding to the first deviation of the first voltage (voltages at 31 and 32 change due to I1 and I2);
a third circuit (26) capable of generating a third voltage (output of 26) based on a difference between the first voltage (31 or + input of 26) and the second voltage (32 or - input of 26); and
a fourth circuit (27) capable of generating an output signal (output of 27 and its feedback signal to 22 via 28) having a frequency based on the third voltage.
Regarding claim 15, FIG 2 of Wang shows the system further comprising a filter (23) coupled in between the first circuit and the third circuit.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 16-20 are allowed.
Claims 2-14 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.
The following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter: none of the cited references discloses nor suggests the claimed invention including “a first resistor coupled in parallel with a combination of the second switch, the capacitor, and the first switch” as set forth in claims 2-20.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
CN1141572240A discloses a system (FIG 1-4), comprising:
a first circuit (3, 4) capable of generating a first voltage (at node between 3 and 4), wherein the first circuit includes an impedance (R3 with 4), and wherein the first voltage includes a first deviation caused by variation of the impedance (switched capacitor with R3 shown in FIG 4);
a second circuit (1 and 2) capable of generating a second voltage (voltage divider at the node between 1 and 2) that includes a second deviation corresponding to the first deviation of the first voltage (broadly interpretation in possibility that the first deviation of the first voltage cause to change the VDD 7 in some degree due to the voltage variation);
a third circuit (5) capable of generating a third voltage (VCTRL) based on a difference between the first voltage (- input) and the second voltage (+ input); and
a fourth circuit (5) capable of generating an output signal (9) having a frequency based on the third voltage (VCTRL).
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/JOSEPH CHANG/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2836
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