Appeal No. 95-1405
Application 08/095,276
obvious variation to the artisan within 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
would the placement of the bus bars in slots in the base
portion rather than in the top portion 29 as taught.
Although the removable circuit breakers 25 of Edmunds
comprise the claimed limiters, they are not configured as
three pairs which are "electrically connecting a first set of
the conductors to the two other sets of conductors" as
claimed. Fisher’s teachings are no help in this regard. This
language of claim 28 is consistent with the showing in Figure
8 of appellants’ disclosed invention where incoming three
phase conductors connect with terminals A, B and C to be split
in a Y splitter fashion by interconnecting limiters to branch
A1, B1 and C1 comprising one branch and branch A2, B2 and C2
comprising a second branch. There is no teaching or
suggestion within the collective teachings and suggestions of
Edmunds and Fisher which would have indicated to the artisan
the specific configuration of a first set of conductors being
connected to the other two sets of conductors by means of
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