Appeal No. 2001-2340
Application No. 09/141,707
a sense battery cell coupled in series with the main
battery cell and having a second charge-storage capacity that is
less than the first charge-storage capacity; and
a battery-charge indicator operable to monitor a
parameter of the sense battery cell and to determine the charge
on the main batter cell from the monitored parameter.
The references relied upon by the examiner are:
Kuo et al. (Kuo) 5,250,905 Oct. 05, 1993
Cameron et al. (Cameron) 5,483,165 Jan. 09, 1996
Claims 1, 6, and 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as anticipated by Cameron.
Claims 10-12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
anticipated by Kuo.
Claims 8 and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Cameron.
Claim 14 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Kuo.
Claims 1-5, 15-25 and 33-38 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Cameron in view of Kuo.
The respective positions of the examiner and appellants with
regard to the propriety of these rejections are set forth in the
examiner’s answer (Paper No. 15) and the appellants’ brief and
reply brief (Paper Nos. 14 and 16, respectively).
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