Ex parte SAWAZAKI et al. - Page 7




          Appeal No. 1997-0212                                                        
          Application 08/206,669                                                      


             an insulating material, and most of the apparatus of Ida is              
            formed of an insulating resin.  For example compartments 34,              
             35 and 36 of the coil case are potted with a resin and core              
            covers 111 and 112 are molded of a relatively flexible resin.             
               Thus, we find that the “resin part for integrating said                
              plurality of conductors as a first integrated conductor”                
                         recited in claim 1 is met by Ida.                            
                Claim 1 recites that the conductors of the integrated                 
            conductor are “connected to said one of the winding ends and              
           terminals of said plurality of voltage transforming sections”.             
            This is met by Ida in that the integrated conductor of Figure             
                  13a connects coil wires 71 to terminal pins 25.                     
            Although the Examiner discussed Takaishi with respect to the              
            transformer windings and bobbins, these are not challenged by             
            Appellants and are considered cumulative to those in Ida, at              
                        least for the analysis of claim 1.                            
                For the above reasons, we will sustain the Examiner’s                 
            rejection of claim 1, and thereby claims 2, 3 and 20 through              
                         22 which stand or fall therewith.                            
            Claim 4 is representative of claims 4, 5, 11, 12, 14 and 23,              


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