Appeal No. 2006-2220
Application No. 09/813,348
Claims 1, 3 and 7-9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Kaneyuki and Glennon.
Claim 2 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Kaneyuki, Glennon and Taniguchi ‘484.
Claims 4-6 and 10 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Kaneyuki, Glennon and Taniguchi ‘559.1
We make reference to the briefs and answer for the respective
positions of Appellants and the Examiner.
OPINION
The main point of contention is based on whether the claimed
stepping-up DC/DC converter for stepping up a voltage of said
battery and applying a stepped-up voltage to said field coil is the
same as Glennon’s stepped-up voltage supplied to the armature
winding. While acknowledging that Kaneyuki does not use a
stepping-up DC/DC converter (answer, page 4), The Examiner opines
that applying a desired voltage to the field coil of an alternator
is well known in the art (answer, page 6). The Examiner further
1 The rejection of claims 5, 6 and 10 under the second paragraph of
35 U.S.C. § 112 is withdrawn in the answer.
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