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               Appeal 2007-1944                                                                             
               Application 10/631,894                                                                       
               23. According to Prasad, "[i]n the embodiment depicted in FIGS. 2–4,                         
               barrier 40 includes a first flexible inner container 42 surrounding fuel                     
               storage area 24, and a second flexible inner container 44 surrounding waste                  
               storage area 26."  (Prasad at 2, ¶ 27.)                                                      
               24. Prasad teaches that the flexible containers 42 and 44 "may be made of                    
               any suitable material."  (Prasad at 2, ¶ 28.)                                                
                      Shioya5                                                                               
               25. Shioya teaches power supply systems for portable devices such as a                       
               mobile phone or personal digital assistant.  (Shioya at 3:18–20.)                            
               26. Shioya describes the power supply as operating in embodiments with                       
               an exchangeable fuel cell.  (Shioya at, e.g., 4:46–60.)                                      
               27. Shioya describes a particular embodiment in which a power                                
               generation device 181 (fuel cell) includes "a charge storage portion 182                     
               which stores a part of the electric power generated by the power generation                  
               device 181 and consists of a secondary cell, a capacitor or the like."  (Shioya              
               at 22:44–47, citing figure 12.)                                                              





                                                                                                           
               5 Masaharu Shioya, U.S. Patent 6,916,565 B2, issued 12 July 2005 from                        
               application 10/023,269, filed 18 December 2001, titled "Power supply                         
               System, Fuel Pack Constituting the System, and Device Driven by Power                        
               Generator and Power Supply System."                                                          



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