Appeal No. 1996-3399
Application 08/295,150
feature appears, there appears to us to be no antecedent basis
problem within the claims themselves or in the context of the
disclosed invention. Therefore, we reverse the rejection of
claims 49, 52, 56 and 58 under the second paragraph of 35
U.S.C. § 112.
Finally, we turn to the rejection of claims 49
through 60 under 35 U.S.C. § 103. Assuming for the sake of
argument that
the teachings of the respective references of Powell, Rumble,
Ebert, Attema and Marez are properly combinable within 35
U.S.C. § 103, we reverse the rejection.
The examiner's view at page 8 of the answer that
Powell "discloses all aspects of claims 49, 56, and 58 except
for the special outlets and power plugs recited in all three
claims" is misplaced. Only independent claims 49 and 56
recite the special outlets and power plugs, independent claim
58 making no mention of either of them.
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