Appeal No. 1996-3399
Application 08/295,150
claims 49 and 56 (and argued at page 3 of the second addendum
to the appeal brief) that these claims recite an arrangement
"whereby in each of plural rooms in a building, two different
power outlets are provided: (i) one providing ordinary power
line voltage from the local electric utility company; and (ii)
one providing an 'auxiliary voltage' which will be present
even during periods when no ordinary power line voltage is
being supplied from the local electric utility company." As
noted by appellant, this feature is not described or suggested
in any of the applied references. The auxiliary power supply
system of independent claims 49 and 56 requires special
power outlets in each room as well as special power plugs. In
contrast, the two separate systems of independent claim 58 do
not require special power outlets and
plugs but do require special loads directly connected to the
separate auxiliary power supply system claimed.
The examiner's earlier noted reliance upon Powell as
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