Appeal No. 1998-2294 Page 2
Application No. 08/546,298
The appellants' invention relates to a removable battery
compartment cap having a one piece contact assembly
(specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under appeal is
set forth in the appendix to the appellants' brief.
The prior art of record relied upon by the examiner in
rejecting the appealed claims is:
White 1,215,757 Feb. 13,
1917
Schulte 1,286,800 Dec. 3,
1918
Edwards et al. 5,108,847 Apr.
28, 1992
(Edwards)
Kelly et al. 5,186,665 Feb. 16,
1993
(Kelly)
The examiner also relied upon the appellants' admission
of prior art set forth on pages 1-4 of the specification and
shown in Figures 1A-1C of the drawings (Admitted Prior Art).
Claims 1-6, 10-15 and 19-22 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over the Admitted Prior Art in
view of Schulte, White, Edwards and Kelly.
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