Appeal No. 1999-2443 Page 7
Application No. 08/857,144
In applying the above-noted guidance, we reach the
conclusion that the examiner's position that the claimed
"adapter for mechanical and electrical connection to a
lighting track" is readable on the wires 27 of Mabrey is in
error for the reasons set forth by the appellants (brief, pp.
38-42, and reply brief, pp. 4-7). Specifically, we agree with
the appellants that the term "adapter" has a special meaning
in the art. Moreover, in our view the wires 27 of Mabrey are
not for mechanical and electrical connection to a lighting
track.
Since each and every element of claim 1 is not found in
Mabrey for the reasons set forth above, the decision of the
examiner to reject claim 1, and claims 2, 3 and 6 to 8
dependent thereon, under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) is reversed.
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