Appeal No. 98-0130 Page 3
Application No. 08/631,793
the first and second circuit assemblies being
mechanically separable as assemblies from one another,
galvanically isolated from one another, and configured to be
placed in positions relative to one another to enable said
primary-side and secondary-side communicators to cooperate to
pass said control information,
said primary-side communicator and said secondary-side
communicator being electromagnetically coupled by windings for
passing said control information on said carrier.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Snow et al (Snow) 4,683,528 Jul. 28,
1997
Gillett et al (Gillett) 4,868,732 Sep. 19,
1989
Claims 1, 2, 4-12, 15-17, 19-24, and 42 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Snow in view
of Gillett.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted
rejections, we make reference to the final rejection (Paper
No. 18, mailed July 30, 1996) and the examiner's answer (Paper
No. 25, mailed July 3, 1997) for the examiner's complete
reasoning in support of the rejections, and to the appellants’
brief (Paper No. 24, filed March 31, 1997) and reply brief
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