Appeal No. 2005-0178
Application No. 10/091,502
an organic electrolyte containing a lithium salt,
wherein the negative electrode has a density of from 0.6 to
1.2 g/cm3.
11. A secondary power source, which comprises a positive
electrode containing activated carbon, a negative electrode
containing a carbon material capable of doping and undoping
lithium ions, and an organic electrolyte containing a lithium
salt, wherein the negative electrode has a density of from 0.7 to
1.0 g/cm3.
The examiner relies upon the following references as
evidence of unpatentability:
Kuruma (Japanese Patent)1 JP 2000-090972 Mar. 31, 2000
Nishimura 6,103,373 Aug. 15, 2000
Tsushima et al. (Tsushima ‘292) 6,294,292 Sept. 25, 2001
Honbo et al. (Honbo) 6,399,251 June 4, 2002
Tsushima (Tsushima ‘846) 6,558,846 May 6, 2003
The examiner has entered the following rejections:
I. Claims 1, 2, 5-8, 11, 12, 15 and 16 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as being obvious over Kuruma in view of Honbo.
II. Claims 3, 4, 9, 10, 13, and 14 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as being obvious over Kuruma in view of Honbo,
and further in view of Nishimura.
III. Claims 11 and 12 stand rejected under the judicially created
doctrine of obviousness-type patenting as being unpatentable
over claims 1, 3, 7 and 15 of U.S. Patent 6,294,292 in view
1 We rely upon, and cite from, a computer translation of this document
into English, previously made of record.
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