Appeal No. 1999-0493
Application No. 08/649,504
ordinary skill in the electrical connector art at the time of
appellants’ invention would have substituted the room
temperature-curable silicone composition of Yoshino, taught to
be useful as electrical insulation, for the silicone composition
of the admitted prior art which was useful as an electrical
connector or force bearing member. Accordingly, we must
conclude that the proposed combination is improper and the
examiner has not met the initial burden of establishing a prima
facie case of obviousness. Therefore the rejection of the
claims on appeal under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) over appellants’ admission in view of Yoshino is
reversed.
The decision of the examiner is reversed.
REVERSED
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