The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 22 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte DAI KARASAWA and KATSAMI FUKASAWA ____________ Appeal No. 2002-0876 Application No. 09/267,140 ____________ HEARD: 6 March 2003 ____________ Before THOMAS, KRASS, and SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges. JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s rejection of claims 1 and 2, which constitute all the claims in the application. The disclosed invention pertains to a power converter having particular connections to each of a DC positive bus portion and a DC negative bus portion that are connected to corresponding terminals of a DC power source. Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows: 1. A power converter, comprising:Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007