Appeal No. 95-3362
Application 08/009,200
said controlling means comprising
storing means for storing information indicating a relation
between a load value of said fuel cell and a heat quantity
recovered by said heat load from said fuel cell, and
calculating means for calculating electric power to be
consumed by said heat generating means based on the relation
stored in said storing means, so that the sum of heat quantities
recovered by said heat load from waste heat of said fuel cell and
from generated heat of said heat generating means is a
predetermined value, in response to said external electric power
load being a small load value and a heat quantity recovered by
said heat load from said fuel cell being less than the
predetermined value.
The Examiner relies on the following reference:
Aasen et al. (Aasen) 4,802,100 Jan. 31, 1989
Claims 1 through 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Aasen.
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellant and the
Examiner, reference is made to the briefs and answer for the 2
respective details thereof.
OPINION
We will not sustain the rejection of claims 1 through 8
under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
2Appellant filed an appeal brief on September 6, 1994. We
will refer to this appeal brief as simply the brief. Appellant
filed a reply appeal brief on December 5, 1994. We will refer to
this reply appeal brief as the reply brief. The Examiner stated
in the Examiner’s letter dated January 18, 1995 that the reply
brief has been entered and considered but no further response by
the Examiner is deemed necessary.
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