Ex parte MCCARTNEY - Page 3




          Appeal No. 95-1188                                                          
          Application No. 08/046,127                                                  


          Petkovsek                     4,401,895           Aug. 30, 1983             
          Heavey et al. (Heavey)        4,468,571           Aug. 28, 1984             
          Schneider                     4,560,887           Dec. 24, 1985             
          Donze                         4,837,672           June  6, 1989             
          Jackson et al. (Jackson)      4,884,013           Nov. 28, 1989             
               Claims 1, 2, 9, 14 through 18 and 20 through 24 stand                  
          rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over                   
          Petkovsek in view of Heavey, the alleged prior art on page 5 of             
          the specification, and Jackson.  Burgin is added to the                     
          combination of references for claims 3 and 5, Miyazawa is added             
          to the combination of references for claim 6, Schneider is added            
          to the combination of references for claims 4, 10, 11 and 19,               
          Schneider and Hosaka are added to the combination of references             
          for claims 12 and 13, and Donze and Wright are added to the                 
          combination of references for claims 7 and 8.                               
               Reference is made to the briefs, the answers, and the Office           
          Action (paper number 16) for the positions of the appellant and             
          the examiner.                                                               
                                       OPINION                                        
               We have carefully considered the entire record before                  
          us, and we will reverse the obviousness rejection of claims 1               
          through 24.                                                                 
               Petkovsek discloses (Figure 1) a system for applying                   
          uninterruptible DC power to a load at output terminals 10c and              

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