Appeal No. 2001-0119
Application No. 09/281,870
appealed subject matter are recited in illustrative claim 68
reproduced below:
68. A cordless device comprising:
a housing;
a cavity within said housing;
a receptacle disposed in said cavity;
a battery pack electrically connected to the
receptacle, the battery pack comprising:
a cell;
a casing carrying the cell and having a front end;
and a retaining means disposed at the front end of the
casing for retaining the cell within the casing;
wherein at least one of the receptacle and the
battery pack have a first round terminal, and the other
of the receptacle and the battery pack have a first
connecting terminal for contacting the first round
terminal; and
at least one of the receptacle and the battery
pack have a second round terminal, and the other of the
receptacle and the battery pack have a second
connecting terminal for contacting the second round
terminal;
said first round terminal and first connecting
terminals and said second round terminal and second
connecting terminal being matable in any angular
orientation of the battery pack.
The examiner relies on the following United States patent as
evidence of unpatentability:
Wheeler et al. 5,489,484 Feb. 6, 1996
(Wheeler)
Claims 68 through 99 on appeal stand rejected under the
judicially created doctrine of obviousness-type double patenting
as unpatentable over claims 32 through 46, 56 through 63, 66
through 68, and 71 through 75 of the Wheeler patent. (Examiner’s
answer, pages 3-5.)
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