Appeal No. 1999-2209 Page 2
Application No. 09/069,355
circuit. An understanding of the invention can be derived
from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced as
follows:
1. A circuit breaker comprising:
a housing;
separable contacts mounted in said housing;
an operating mechanism for opening said separable
contacts when actuated;
trip means for actuating said trip mechanism in response1
to predetermined current conditions and including ground fault
trip means for actuating said trip mechanism in response to a
ground fault, and arc fault trip means for actuating said trip
mechanism in response to an arc fault;
test means including a ground fault test circuit having a
ground fault test switch for testing said ground fault trip
means, and an arc fault test circuit having an arc fault test
switch for testing said arc fault means; and
a common test actuator moveable to a first position for
actuating said ground fault test switch, a second position for
actuating said arc fault test switch and a neutral position in
which neither said ground fault test switch nor said arc fault
test switch is actuated.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
1It appears to us that the term "trip" should be replaced with the term
"operating" based upon the language set forth on line 4 of the claim. We
consider this to be a minor formality that can be addressed by the examiner
subsequent to this appeal.
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