Appeal No. 96-0688
Application 08/105,465
over the cantilevered conductor by walking, the cantilevered
conductor is moved downwardly into contact with said one terminal
of the wafer battery, and means for electrically connecting the
second conductor to the other of said terminals of said wafer
battery so that the circuit between the LED and the battery is
completed and the LED is energized when weight is being exerted
over the cantilevered conductor, and when weight is removed over
the cantilevered conductor, the natural elasticity of the
cantilevered conductor will cause it to move out of contact with
said one terminal of the wafer battery thereby de-energizing the
LED.
In light of the absence of any reasonable teaching or
suggestion in the applied references, or otherwise, of the
particular arrangement of LED, conductors and wafer battery
defined in appellant's claims on appeal, we will not sustain the
examiner's rejection of claims 19 through 21 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Dana III in view of Reichert or
alternatively, Reichert in view of Dana III.
Having reviewed the additional references to Evanyk and Bott
applied by the examiner against claims 22 through 29, we note
that such references do not supply or account for the
deficiencies noted above with regard to the basic combination of
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