Appeal No. 95-1188
Application No. 08/046,127
Figure 2-1 of Jackson discloses a rectifier 72 for
rectifying the AC input voltage to a motor unit for a fluid pump.
The motor unit operates under the control of microcomputer 64
(column 3, lines 33 though 35). The rectified output from
rectifier 72 is used to charge battery 74 (column 3, lines 49
through 53).
The examiner is of the opinion that it would have been
obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art to house the system
disclosed by Petkovsek in a housing such as the one disclosed by
Heavey (paper number 16, pages 4 and 5). The examiner recognizes
(paper number 16, pages 5 and 6) that “neither Petkovsek nor
Heavey et al disclose specifically what is included by the
supported electrical device which is suggested to be a mpu or
computer, namely that it now include a voltage rectifier means.”
The examiner concludes (paper number 16, page 6) that:
Nonetheless, it would have been obvious to one having
ordinary skill in the art at the time the invention was
made to recognize that voltage rectifier means are
commonly coupled at the AC input connector of a
supported device as acknowledged by applicant on page 5
lines 5-10 as “typically” the supported device includes
a rectifier as the conventional AC line voltage source
is rectified, although various different arrangements
can be used with the supported device. Thus applicant
admits that typical supported devices such as those of
Petkovsek and Heavey et al include rectifiers in
addition to other different arrangements. It would
have been further obvious in view of the teachings of
Jackson et al that the supported device connected to
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