Appeal 2007-1963 Application 10/121,226 THE INVENTION The disclosed invention pertains to an electronic power supply, and, more particularly, to a method and apparatus for powering an electronic device from an ambient (i.e., naturally occurring, as opposed to man-made) electrostatic field gradient (Specification 2). Independent claim 20 is illustrative: 20. An ion powered platform, comprising: a vehicle; an electrical load carried by the vehicle; and means for generating electrical energy from an ambient electrostatic field gradient. THE REFERENCES Gregory US 4,146,800 Mar. 27, 1979 Naarmann US 4,738,757 Apr. 19, 1988 McLuckey US 4,849,628 July 18, 1989 Veliadis US 5,942,806 Aug. 24, 1999 Hoyt US 6,419,191 B1 July 16, 2002 THE REJECTIONS Claims 1, 2, 7, 12, 20, 21, 23, 24, 26-32, 34, 35, 37, 42, 44-49, and 51 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over the teachings of Veliadis in view of Hoyt. Claims 15, 25, 33, 40, and 50 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over the teachings of Veliadis in view of Hoyt, and further in view of Gregory. 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Next
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