Appeal No. 2005-0289 Page 2
Application No. 09/491,841
BACKGROUND
Appellants' invention relates to a pipe clamp. An
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of
exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced as follows:
1. A device for providing electrical contact to an outer
conductor of a coaxial cable, the outer conductor having bare
segments, said device comprising:
a) a base structure adapted to be tensioned around a coaxial
cable, said base structure provided with an interior surface and
an exterior surface;
b) sealing lips operatively associated with said base
structure and extending from said interior surface thereof, said
sealing lips for providing a seal between said base structure and
a coaxial cable when said base structure is tensioned
therearound;
c) a band shaped, electrically conducting contact element
attached to said base structure, said band shaped, electrically
conducting contact element including at least one resilient,
electrically conducting contact protrusion formed integrally
therewith and biased to extend beyond said sealing lips so that
when said base structure is tensioned around a coaxial cable said
resilient, electrically conducting contact protrusion will rest
against the bare segments of the coaxial cable and provide
electrical contact therewith.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Ellinwood 2,279,866 Apr. 14, 1942
Tinnerman 2,423,627 Jul. 8, 1947
Claims 1, 3, 7, 8, 11, 13, 14, 16-18, 20, 22-26, 29, 30 and
39 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, as
being indefinite.
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