Appeal No. 1998-3003 Page 18
Application No. 08/589,621
it would have been obvious to use the output from the
circuit of Fuentes to drive the conductors [20a and 21a
of Buchanan] noting that the voltages recited by Buchanan
and Fuentes overlap and both are in the range of about 5
volts.
Claim 5 requires (1) first and second conductors to
extend exteriorly of the case, (2) each conductor to have a
terminal end and a conductive end, and (3) means electrically
coupling both conductive ends to the printed circuit.
However, these limitations taken together are not suggested by
the applied prior art. In that regard, while Buchanan does
teach (1) first and second conductors (i.e., leads 20a and
21a) which extend exteriorly of a case (i.e., body 11), (2)
each conductor having a terminal end and a conductive end, and
(3) means electrically coupling both conductive ends to a
circuit (i.e., solar cell 16 which is part of a circuit shown
in Figure 5), Buchanan does not teach or suggest connecting
the conductive ends to a printed circuit, especially the
printed circuit disclosed by Fuentes.
In our view, the only suggestion for modifying Fuentes in
the manner proposed by the examiner to meet the above-noted
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