Appeal No. 2001-2340
Application No. 09/141,707
cell and the main battery cell are lithium manganese dioxide
battery cells. These claims were not separately argued by
appellants and they are considered unpatentable because utilizing
cells that are rechargeable or made of lithium manganese dioxide
would have been a matter of design choice and obvious to one of
ordinary skill in the art at the time the invention was made.
Summary
No time period for taking any subsequent action in
connection with this appeal may be extended under 37 CFR
§ 1.136(a).
REVERSED - § 1.196(b)
STANELY M. URYNOWICZ JR. )
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JERRY SMITH )BOARD OF PATENT
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ANITA PELLMAN GROSS )
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