Appeal No. 2005-1149
Application No. 09/855,235
a Schottky diode connected between the anode and the
cathode;
fully discharging the battery; and thereafter
operating the battery in a series of charging and
discharging cycles.
The references set forth below are relied upon by the
examiner as evidence of obviousness:
Andrieu et al. (Andrieu) 5,543,245 Aug. 6, 1996
Okada et al. (Okada) 6,027,836 Feb. 22, 2000
Kawano et al. (Kawano) 6,193,946 Feb. 27, 2001
Maeda et al. (Maeda) 6,428,930 Aug. 6, 2002
Claims 1-6, 8, 9 and 12-20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Andrieu in view of Kawano,
and claims 7 and 10 are correspondingly rejected over these
references and further in view of Okada.
Additionally, claims 1-3, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 11-17 are rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Andrieu in
view of Maeda.
On pages 3 and 4 of the brief and on page 1 of the reply
brief, the appellants indicate that certain of the appealed
claims do not stand or fall together. Accordingly, in assessing
the merits of the above noted rejections, we have individually
considered each of the appealed claims which have been separately
grouped and argued by the appellants.
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