Appeal No. 2002-0159 Page 10
Application No. 08/951,317
provides a conductive surface area to moderate electric field
strength around the connecting member. The examiner has
essentially ignored these specific recitations of independent
claims 1, 4 and 14. The examiner’s position that appellants have
not described how the disclosed and claimed conductive member
moderates the electric field strength is not properly addressed
in this art rejection. Appellants’ specification describes that
the larger surface area represented by the conductive members
shown in Figures 2, 3 and 5-7 moderates the electric field
strength around the connecting member. The examiner has offered
no rationale why the truth of appellants’ specification should be
doubted. Since the examiner has not shown how the conductive
member 33 of Oosuka meets the claimed limitations, the examiner
has failed to establish a prima facie case of obviousness.
With respect to independent claims 9 and 10, appellants
argue that Oosuka fails to disclose an insulating resinous filler
having a dielectric constant different from the primary spool,
and a shielding portion of the primary spool projecting from an
end of the secondary spool to cover the high tension terminal
immersed in the insulating resinous filler. Appellants also
assert that Endo fails to overcome the deficiencies of Oosuka
[brief, page 17].
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