Appeal No. 96-0319 Page 3
Application No. 08/155,519
a lighting panel mounted in a ceiling grid system
suspended some distance below a permanent ceiling; the lighting
panel having (i) a pair of AC input terminals connected with
the AC output terminals, and (ii) gas discharge lamp means
connected in circuit with the AC input terminals.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Roberts 3,801,865 Apr. 2,
1974
Canadian Patent 633,937 Jan. 2,
1962
(Waller)
Claims 1 through 27 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as
unpatentable over Waller in view of Roberts.
Reference is made to the brief and answer for the
respective positions of appellant and the examiner.
OPINION
At the outset, we note that the examiner has improperly
referred back to more than one office action in the answer for
a recitation of the rationale for the rejection, in violation
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