Appeal No. 2004-2053
Application 09/773,704
the determining comprises determining whether the battery is
capable of being charged using said power produced by the fuel
cell stack and not consumed by the first load.
PRIOR ART
As evidence of unpatentability of the claimed subject
matter, the examiner relies on the following prior art
references:
Bonnefoy 5,714,874 Feb. 3, 1998
Hauer 6,214,484 B1 Apr. 10, 2001
Singh et al. (Singh) 2002/0076588 A1 Jun. 20, 2002
Bohrer et al (Bohrer) 0 782 209 A1 Jul. 2, 1997
(Published European Patent Application)
REJECTIONS
The appealed claims stand rejected as follows:
(1) Claims 1 through 4 and 6 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
anticipated by, or in the alternative under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as obvious over, the disclosure of Bonnefoy;
(2) Claims 5 and 7 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable
over the combined disclosures of Bonnefoy and Bohrer;
(3) Claim 8 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over the
combined disclosures of Bonnefoy, Bohrer and Hauer; and
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