Appeal No. 2005-0194 Page 2 Application No. 09/867,859 board batteries (specification, page 1). A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellant's brief. The examiner relied upon the following prior art references of record in rejecting the appealed claims: Neidenberg 3,604,381 Sep. 14, 1971 Race 3,769,926 Nov. 6, 1973 Nilssen 5,510,694 Apr. 23, 1996 Edwards et al. (Edwards) 5,671,833 Sep. 30, 1997 McNaught 5,803,216 Sep. 8, 1998 Rubin 5,816,870 Oct. 6, 1998 Davidson 6,263,825 Jul. 24, 2001 (filed Feb. 1, 1999) The following rejections are before us for review. Claims 1-3, 9, 10, 13 and 16-18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Rubin in view of Neidenberg. Claims 4 and 5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Rubin in view of Neidenberg and Davidson. Claim 6 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Rubin in view of Neidenberg and Nilssen. Claims 7, 8, 14 and 15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Rubin in view of Neidenberg and Race. Claims 11 and 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Rubin in view of Neidenberg, McNaught and Edwards.Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007