Appeal No. 98-0984
Application 08/428,561
The examiner's position as to this rejection is
(final rejection, page 4):
It is taken to be admitted prior art that
rectifier and capacitive components (either
electrolytic or nonelectrolytic) for
converting AC to DC for motor power supply
and the use for temperature responsive
motor protection circuits are old in the
art in view of applicant's failure to argue
that such elements are not conventional in
response to the First Office Action.
Accordingly, it would have been obvious to
one of ordinary skill in the art at the
time the invention was made to have
modified the system of Voss such that it
included same. It is considered to have
been an obvious matter of engineering
design choice to use the most appropriate
electrical components for the environment
in which they are to be used (i.e.
nonelectrolytic capacitive components if
the AC to DC converter circuit is placed
inside the compressor housing).
Appellant argues on page 7 of his brief that:
Applicant admits only that electrolytic and
non-electrolytic capacitive components are
known but does NOT admit that such
components have been selectively applied as
described and claimed by the invention.
The Examiner argues that such components
are a design choice. However, the cited
prior art fails to recognize that such
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