Appeal No. 1998-0093
Application No. 08/459,301
an electrical heat lamp attached to each said electrical
fixture;
at least one dimming switch attached to said housing;
electrical circuit means connecting[ ] each said dimming 3
switch to an electrical power supply;
said electrical circuit means further electrically
connecting each said dimming switch to at least one said
electrical fixture.
C. The references and grounds of rejection
The examiner's rejections are based on the following U.S.
patents and British patent:
Buckingham et al. (Buckingham) 2,056,156 Oct. 6, 1936
Forrer 2,864,932 Dec. 16, 1958
Malick 4,481,405 Nov. 6,
1984
Huie et al. (Huie) 5,375,511 Dec. 27,
1994
Moffat GB 2 156 509A Oct. 9,
1985 Claims 1, 6, and 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 for obviousness over Huie in view of Moffat.
3In using the term "connecting" instead of "for
connecting," the claim requires that the dimming switch be
connected to the electrical power supply, which in the
disclosed embodiment is a conventional 110 volt power supply
(Spec. at 7, ll. 22).
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