Appeal No. 1997-2856
Application 08/394,251
cylindrical lamp sections; the other ends of the
cylindrical lamp sections being joined together via a
transversely disposed lamp section; said transversely
disposed lamp section having a maximum dimension no
longer that the maximum dimension of one of said
cylindrical lamp sections; the fluorescent lamp being
further defined by exhibiting symmetry with respect to a
flat plane parallel to the central lamp axis;
an electronic sub-assembly having input
terminals connected with the base terminals and output
terminals connected with the lamp terminals; and
a structure integrally and rigidly combined with
the screw-base and operative to hold together the
electronic sub-assembly and the fluorescent lamp, such
that the central screw-base axis coincides with the
central lamp axis.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
Fodor 2,139,815 December 13, 1938
Abernathy 2,369,767 February 20,
1945
Greene et al. (Greene) 2,923,856 February 2, 1960
Genuit 3,263,122 July 26, 1966
Skwirut et al. (Skwirut) 4,300,073 November 10,
1981
(filed February 13,
1979)
Nilssen (Nilssen '637) 5,164,637 November 17, 1992
Dale et al. (Dale), Conversion of incandescent lamp
sockets to fluorescent in the home market, Lighting &
Design Application, March 1976, pages 18-23.
The specification stands objected to, and claims 19-21
and 26-31 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first
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