Appeal 2007-1557
Application 10/943,536
capacitively stores electrical energy and provides the
stored electrical energy as the DC supply voltage in an
absence of the main supply source, the electrical energy
provided by the electrical energy back-up system used
for a commanded braking operation of the aircraft;
wherein the supply of capacitively stored electrical
energy from the electrical energy back-up system is made
without switching between the electrical energy back-up
system and the main supply source.
THE REJECTIONS
The Examiner relies upon the following as evidence of unpatentability:
Fangio US 5,744,876 Apr. 28, 1998
Corio US 6,296,325 B1 Oct. 2, 2001
The following rejections are before us for review:
1. Claim 13 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, as being
indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject
matter which applicant regards as the invention.
2. Claims 1-13 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over
Corio in view of Fangio.
ISSUE
The issues before us are whether Appellant has shown that the Examiner
erred in rejecting (1) claim 13 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, as being
indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter
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