Appeal No. 2002-0159 Page 4
Application No. 08/951,317
description problem, the examiner also raises the question of
enablement. Specifically, the examiner states that “Applicant
fails to disclose a written description and schematic of the
control circuit connected to the primary coil for generating a
high tension potential at the high tension secondary coil by
intermittently supplying current to the low tension primary coil”
[answer, page 4].
Appellants point to portions of the specification which
support the claimed control circuit and provide written
description support for the claimed invention. Appellants also
argue that the claimed control circuit could be of the type shown
in the Taruya patent (5,144,935) which was cited by the examiner
[brief, pages 11-14].
The examiner responds by simply repeating the general
assertions of the rejection and asserting that appellant’s
arguments do not overcome the rejection [answer, pages 7-8].
Appellants respond that the examiner has failed to address the
arguments in the brief and that the diagram shown in Figure 3 of
Taruya shows a complete schematic diagram of the claimed
switching circuit [reply brief].
We will not sustain this rejection for essentially the
reasons argued by appellants in the briefs. The specification of
the application discloses the following:
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