Ex parte ENDO et al. - Page 2




          Appeal No. 1997-3028                                                        
          Application 08/290,083                                                      



          Before THOMAS, FLEMING and FRAHM, Administrative Patent                     
          Judges.                                                                     
          FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       



                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
                    This is a decision on appeal from the final rejec-                
          tion of claims 1, 3 and 5 through 20, all of the claims pend-               
          ing in the present application.  Claims 2 and 4 have been                   
          cancelled.                                                                  
                    The invention relates to a gas insulated electric                 
          apparatus in which a high voltage conductor is disposed in a                
          sealed vessel filled with insulating gas.  On page 4 of the                 
          specification, Appellants disclose that figure 1 is a block                 
          diagram of an apparatus according to the invention.  On page 5              
          of the specification, Appellants disclose that the sealed                   
          vessel is sectioned into a plurality of gas sections 3a, 3b,                
          3c and 3d.  The sealed vessel is filled with an insulating gas              
          consisting    of only SF  gas.  Appellants further disclose a               
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          storing  reservoir 11.  On page 6 of the specification, Appel-              
          lants disclose that the storage reservoir 11 is filled with an              

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