Appeal No. 95-2623
Application 08/084,623
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134
from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-7 and 9-26,
which constitute all the claims remaining in the application.
The examiner has indicated that claims 1-21 are now allowed
[answer, page 1]. We construe this to mean that claims 1-7
and 9-21 are now allowed since claim 8 has been cancelled.
Accordingly, this appeal is now directed only to claims 22-26.
The disclosed invention pertains to a resilient
electrical connector for use as a measuring probe with
integrated circuits. Specifically, the probe has a barrel
with an electrically conductive plunger therein. A helical
spring within the barrel is connected at one end to the barrel
and at the other end to the plunger. The remaining claims on
appeal are directed to the helical spring portion of the
disclosed invention.
Representative claim 22 is reproduced as follows:
22. A spring for a resilient connector having an
outside diameter of less than 0.01 inches, said spring
comprising:
a tube having a predetermined length between a first
end and a second end and having a helical cut along a
predetermined portion of said length;
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