Appeal No. 2003-2126
Application No. 10/150,318
3. An apparatus comprising:
at least one battery;
a temperature sensor connected to the battery; and
at least one heating component connected to the battery
and positioned so that when a current is applied to the at
least one heating component the temperature sensor is
heated.
The reference set forth below is relied upon by the examiner
in the Section 102 rejection before us:
Melcher 6,218,805 Apr. 17, 2001
All of the appealed claims stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(e) as being anticipated by Melcher.1
We refer to the brief and to the answer for a thorough
discussion of the opposing viewpoints expressed by the appellant
and by the examiner concerning this rejection.
OPINION
The rejection advanced on this appeal will be sustained for
the reasons detailed in the answer. We add the following
comments for emphasis.
1On page 5 of the brief, the appellant states that claims
1-13 will stand or fall together. Accordingly, in assessing
the merits of the above noted rejection, we will focus
on representative independent claim 3. See 37 CFR
§ 1.192(c)(7)(2002).
2
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