Appeal No. 1999-0304
Application No. 08/520,606
Iwata 3,743,849 Jul. 03,
1973
Caiati et al. (Caiati) 3,781,824 Dec. 25,
1973
Appellants' admitted prior art shown in appellant's Figure 3
and described on pages 1-2 of the specification. (AAPA)
Claims 1 through 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over AAPA in view of Iwata and Caiati.
Reference is made to the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 12,
mailed September 12, 1997) for the examiner's complete
reasoning in support of the rejection, and to appellants'
Brief (Paper No. 10, filed June 9, 1997) and Reply Brief
(Paper No. 13, filed November 10, 1997) for appellants'
arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the claims, the applied
prior art references, and the respective positions articulated
by appellants and the examiner. As a consequence of our
review, we will reverse the obviousness rejection of claims 1
through 20.
The examiner asserts (Answer, pages 4-5) that AAPA
discloses everything except the disconnection of power to
loads upon sensing of a crash, that Iwata discloses
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