Appeal No. 2003-1836 Page 5
Application No.10/085,590
Here, claim 20 recites in pertinent part the following limitations: "providing
sensors on said compressor to supply data to said control with regard to operation of
said scroll compressor at both suction and discharge areas; (2) operating said
compressor, and sending data to said control; [and] (3) analyzing said data at said
control and identifying a fault at least based on said data from step 2. . . ." (Emphasis
added). Although the claim many not identify specific faults, such an omission is a
matter of breadth, not of indefiniteness. Therefore, we reverse the indefiniteness
rejection of claims 20-23 and 25.
B. OBVIOUSNESS REJECTION OVER PERSEM AND MILLET
We address the following points of contention between the examiner and the
appellants:
S controlling a scroll compressor
S mounting a control on the compressor's housing
S providing a warning
S stopping a motor
S storing fault identifying data.
1. Controlling a Scroll Compressor
The examiner finds, "MILLET et al. disclose an electric motor driven scroll
(rotary) compressor. A compressor protection and control subsystem 86 is mounted
within electrical case 84, which case is mounted to shell 12 (compressor housing) (see
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