Appeal No. 2004-0462
Application 09/915,861
reference to the final rejection (Paper No. 5, mailed May 21,
2002) and the examiner's answer (Paper No. 11, mailed October 24,
2002) for the reasoning in support of the rejection, and to
appellants’ brief (Paper No. 10, filed October 7, 2002) and reply
brief (Paper No. 12, filed November 26, 2002) for the arguments
thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to appellants’ specification and claims, to
the applied prior art references, and to the respective positions
articulated by appellants and the examiner. As a consequence of
our review, we have made the determination that the examiner’s
above-noted rejection will not be sustained. Our reasons follow.
The Lake patent discloses a control system and strategy for
a reversible HVAC system for heating a passenger compartment of a
motor vehicle and, more particularly, an electric vehicle.
Objectives of the system in Lake include 1) providing a system
which minimizes energy consumption during a heating operation of
the HVAC system and 2) providing a system that increases the
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