Appeal No. 1996-3399
Application 08/295,150
The examiner's view of Rumble appears to generally
accurately characterize this reference's teaching that his
electrical voltage converter, because it teaches of multiple
geometries of various inlet pins, would have obviously
suggested to the artisan various geometries of special room
sockets as well. However, the collective teachings of Powell,
Rumble, Ebert, Attema and Marez are incomplete as to one basic
feature (to be discussed momentarily) common in each
independent claim 49, 56 and 58 on appeal.
We observe that independent claim 56 is essentially
identical to independent claim 49 except for the addition of
language relating to the plurality of rooms in a building.
The examiner's supplemental answer appears to attempt to
address
appellant's arguments traversing this rejection found in the
second addendum to the appeal brief. It appears to us that
the examiner has not come to grips with various portions of
this document relating to arguments of the appellant and
certain features of the claims. None of the references
relates to the feature most clearly recited in independent
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