Appeal No. 1997-3028
Application 08/290,083
gas in the gas section members, (3) the storage reservoir, and
(4) the second gas, which is different from the first gas, and
which is in the gas storage reservoir. On page 13, Appellants
argue that the method claims 15 through 20 recite detecting an
insulating abnormality on an insulated electric device within
a gas filled body which is filled only with a first insulating
gas, and in response to detection of the insulating abnormal-
ity admitting a second insulating gas, different from the
first insulating gas, into the gas section members to mix
within the gas section members with the first insulating gas.
Appellants argue that the reference relied on by the Examiner
fails to teach or suggest the above limitations recited in
Appellants' claims. Upon our careful review of the refer-
ences, we agree that the references fail to teach Appellants'
claim limitations as recited in Appellants' claims 1, 3 and 5
through 20. In addition, we note that the Examiner has not
been able to show that the references teach an elongated
insulated electric device filled with only a first insulating
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