Appeal No. 1998-0089
Application No. 08/303,115
representing one or more conductors running between motor
brushes 11 and control apparatus 3, which is depicted as a
printed circuit board.
In neither the Figure 1 embodiment nor the other
illustrated embodiments is the hydraulic section (i.e., pump)
located between the motor and the electronic control
apparatus, as required by claims 1 and 21. Specifically, in
the Figure 2 embodiment, the electronic control apparatus 3 is
located between motor 2 and hydraulic section 4. In the
embodiments of Figures 3 to 6, the motor is located between
the control apparatus and the hydraulic section.
The examiner's argument for the obviousness of the
subject matter of claims 1-5, 12, 13, 17, and 20 is that
Henein
discloses the claimed invention except for the
parts' locations. It would have been obvious to . .
. relocate the extant parts of Henein's invention
since it has been held that rearranging parts of an
invention involves only routine skill in the art.
In re Japikse, 86 USPQ 70 [CCPA 1950]. Note also
that it is an obvious matter of design choice to
insulate components in an electronic device such as
a pump in order to prevent corrosion and electrical
short circuits. [Answer at 4.]
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