Appeal 2006-2599
Application 10/199,986
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced below:
1. A telecommunications connector comprising:
a connector body; and
a housing that mounts over the connector body, the housing including
a front end and a rear end, the housing also including structure for providing
a snap-fit within a mounting opening defined by a piece of
telecommunications equipment, the structure including first and second
cantilevers, each of the first and second cantilevers having first and second
snap-fit elements positioned thereon, the first and second snap-fit elements
permitting insertion of the housing into the mounting opening from both a
forward direction and a rearward direction to allow the housing to be snap fit
within the mounting opening.
The following references are relied on by the Examiner:
Lucius US 3,989,343 Nov. 2, 1976
Yuzawa US 6,352,444 B1 Mar. 5, 2002
Claims 1 through 18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As
evidence of obviousness, the Examiner relies upon Yuzawa in view of
Lucius.
Rather than repeat the positions of the Appellant and the Examiner,
reference is made to the Brief and Reply Brief for Appellant’s positions, and
to the Answer for the Examiner’s positions.
OPINION
We affirm.
At the outset, we note that Appellant presents arguments in the Brief
and Reply Brief only as to independent claims 1, 7 and 14 on appeal, and
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