Appeal No. 1998-3076
Application 08/303,046
connecting said control module with at least one bus bar” via
the “at least one” interface module 24 (claims 18 and 19)
(brief, pages 14 and 15). The modules in Bilas (Figure 1a)
are “vertically and horizontally adjacent to one another”
(claim 21) (brief, page 15). Accordingly, the 35 U.S.C. §
102(b) rejection of claims 16 through 21 is sustained.
Turning to independent claim 33, appellant’s only
argument (reply brief, page 3) with respect to this claim is
the control means senses power flow parameters, and takes
protective action within nodes in the event sensed power flow
parameters are
outside of preselected limits. As indicated supra, the
programmable control module 32 in Bilas performs this function
(claims 33, 34 and 37) (reply brief, pages 3 and 7). The
programmable control module 32 is likewise at “nodes of the
system” (claim 35) (reply brief, page 9). None of these
claims requires “a control module within each node” (reply
brief, page 7). Thus, the 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) rejection of
claims 33 through 35 and 37 is sustained.
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