Appeal No. 1998-2460
Application No. 08/654,763
references with regard to claim 3, we will also not sustain
the rejection of claim 6 under 35 U.S.C. 103.
The final independent claim, claim 8, recites subject
matter similar to the other claims but includes the limitation
that the solar array is part of an “earth satellite.” The
examiner relies on the additional reference to Black for the
teaching of employing solar cells in an earth satellite.
However, Black does not provide for the deficiencies of the
other references, noted supra, relative to the current sensor
coupled only to an output of the switching device and not to
an output of the solar array.
Accordingly, the examiner’s decision rejecting claims 1-
4, 6 and 8-10 under 35 U.S.C. 103 is reversed.
REVERSED
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