Appeal 2007-2550
Application 10/321,182
Appellants argue that Kucherovsky does not disclose an internal
current collector and an external terminal having ends within a seal junction
wherein the internal current collector and the external terminal are not in
physical contact within the seal junction (Br. 8).
We have considered Appellants’ argument and cannot sustain the
Examiner’s § 102(e) rejection of claim 40.
As noted above, Kucherovsky discloses an end of the electrical
contacts 50 and 52 (i.e., external terminals) being in physical contact with an
end of the cathode current collector 26 and anode current collector 28 (i.e.,
internal current collectors), respectively, partially within the seal junction
(Kucherovsky, Figures 1 and 2). Kucherovsky does not disclose that the
electrical contacts 50, 52 (i.e., external terminals) and cathode and anode
current collectors 26, 28 (i.e., internal current collectors) have ends
positioned within the seal junction that are not in physical contact with one
another. Therefore, Kucherovsky does not disclose the subject matter of
claim 40.
We reverse the Examiner’s § 102(e) rejection of claim 40 over
Kucherovsky.
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) REJECTION OVER KUCHEROVSKY IN VIEW OF
LAKE
DEPENDENT CLAIMS 87-89
Appellants have not separately argued the § 103(a) rejection over
Kucherovksy in view of Lake. However, claims 87-89 depend or ultimately
depend from claim 40, the rejection of which under § 102(e) over
Kucherovsky has been reversed.
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