Appeal No. 1998-2148
Application 08/764,783
attached to their lamp base differently than in Postma. We
find that any disclosed difference is not reflected in
Appellants’ claim.
Appellants object to Postma’s cylinder of copper
foil 11 being glued on the inside of protuberance 3. We find
nothing in Appellants’ claim to be contrary to Postma’s
gluing. Appellants complain that Postma’s cylinder
11 is not attached to a fixture, especially for heat
transference. We have considered this argument supra, found
the required attachment, and noted that heat transference is
not required by the claim language.
Appellants indicate that Postma makes no disclosure
of the pitch of the coil. We note that Postma’s coil has 12
turns (column 3, line 52) and that the coil is 12 mm long
(column 3, lines 61-63). This translates to a pitch of 1.0 mm
which is within Appellants’ claimed range of 1 to 10 mm.
Appellants indicate that Postma makes no disclosure
of the wire diameter. As discussed supra, Postma discloses a
diameter of 0.25 mm (column 3, line 52) and reasons were given
as to how Appellants’ 0.5 to 3.0 mm was considered obvious in
9
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007