Appeal No. 2003-1210
Application No. 09/295,212
1. A cables arrester, in combination with an
energized-fluid conduit, comprising:
a conduit having a wall surface, the conduit for
conducting an energized fluid therethrough;
a plurality of power cables confined within said
conduit; and
means removably fixed to said wall surface within
said conduit for holding said plurality of cables in spaced-
apart disposition across said conduit.
The references relied upon by the examiner as evidence of
obviousness are:
Kramer et al. (Kramer) 4,483,395 Nov. 20, 1984
Bayh, III (Bayh) 4,913,239 Apr. 3, 1990
Claims 1-9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Bayh in view of Kramer. According to the
examiner, “it would have been obvious to one having ordinary
skill in the art of cables at the time the invention was made to
modify the bridging means [i.e., electrical connector means 45]
of Bayh . . . to comprise the bridging means [i.e., guard device
10] as taught by Kramer because Kramer teaches that such a
configuration provides protection from abrasion against the inner
surfaces of the conduit (Col. 1, lines 33-36) and provides a
simple and inexpensive construction that functions in a more
efficient manner than any comparable device (Col[.] 3, lines 60-
65)” (answer, page 5).
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